Patients may pay more for out-of-stock inhaler
An inhaler is now among the medications out of stock because of Covid delays.
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Restricted dispensing of pharmaceutical medicine is now (mostly) returning to normal.
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'$5 too much to be affordable': Calls for removal of prescription 'tax'
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Health Minister rejects 'gagging' advice in PM's office memo, reveals $160m budget boost
David Clark's announcement comes just days before Thursday's 'recovery' Budget.
Mercy dash in Bangalore liberates New Zealand's Prozac
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Record number of Kiwis get the flu jab before winter
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Funding for Spinraza, drug to help prolong the lives of SMA babies, given lower priority.
Pharmac back-tracks on plan to fund lung cancer drug Keytruda
Pharmac freezes plans to fund cancer drug, it can no longer afford the investment.
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Fluoxetine is in short supply after shipment from India held up by Covid-19.
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Pharmac is warning further disruptions to medicine supplies are inevitable.
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Coronavirus: Pharmac to limit paracetamol due to factory closures
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Protest calling for Pharmac's $1b-a-year budget to be doubled reaches Parliament steps.
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