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Medicines Access Summit 2025 Report Calls For Urgent Collaborative Approach To Continue Progress On Medicines Access
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 1:44 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The report highlights both progress and persistent gaps in NZ’s medicines system. As the whitepaper notes, “while some progress has been made, delivery remains uneven” and several foundational reforms “have not been started or addressed fully.” More >>
2024 Medicines Budget Boost A Good Start But Over 600,000 Kiwi Patients Are Still Waiting
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 6:34 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The report shows that the 2024 funding boost allowed a record number of applications to be funded. More >>
New Report Shows NZ Is A ‘Major Outlier’ With Lowest Medicines Investment Levels Compared To Other OECD Countries
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 2:34 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The report notes that this major outlier status and low medicine investment levels are problematic, given the well-established benefits that medicines deliver to public health systems. More >>
New Zealanders Miss Out On 142 Modern Medicines, Including Critical Cancer Treatments
Friday, 3 October 2025, 10:14 am | Medicines New Zealand
Since 2011, Australia has publicly funded 215 modern medicines, two and a half times more than the 86 medicines publicly funded in New Zealand in the same period. More >>
“Dare To Be Average” Challenges New Zealand To Confront Its Medicines Access Gap
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 12:38 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Dare to be Average highlights the stark reality that while internationally New Zealand prides itself on punching above its weight in many areas, our access to publicly funded medicines remains near the bottom of the pack among OECD countries. More >>
No More Excuses: New Poll Underscores Need For Urgent Action On Medicines Access
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 2:04 pm | Medicines New Zealand
“The results are a real eye opener,” said Dr Graeme Jarvis, CEO of Medicines New Zealand. “They clearly show that one out of every two New Zealanders are aware that access to publicly funded modern medicines is much worse here than in our peer ... More >>
Common Sense Solution To Benefit New Zealand’s Medical Workforce, International Events Sector And The Economy
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 2:38 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand and other like-minded groups especially Business Events Industry Aotearoa, have long advocated for changes to be made to this rule, this has also been amplified by Business New Zealand. More >>
Release Of Valuing Life Medicines Access Summit White Paper: A Good First Step
Wednesday, 23 October 2024, 5:50 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Many of the recommended actions will require the support and leadership of relevant ministers responsible for various portfolios including Health, Pharmac, and Science, Innovation & Technology. More >>
Funding Boost And Constructive Collaboration Will Accelerate Medicines Access
Monday, 24 June 2024, 5:08 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The medicines on Pharmac’s prioritised waiting list have been waiting for funding for six years on average. This means that both Pharmac and the industry are motivated to get the medicines to patients and the health system in a timely manner based on ... More >>
Budget 2024 Medicines Investment: Broken Hearts And A Third-world Position
Friday, 31 May 2024, 2:40 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The lack of additional investment in New Zealand’s medicines budget, especially the failure to announce the funding of 13 cancer-drug treatments promised before the election is extremely disappointing. More >>
Medicines NZ Publishes 2022 Transfer Of Value Reports, Reinforcing Commitment To Transparency
Friday, 25 August 2023, 5:54 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand, is pleased to announce the release of the 2022 Transfer of Value reports. These reports provide a transparent overview of the financial interactions between biopharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals, reinforcing the ... More >>
Goodbye Australia, Hello Hungary: A New Medicines Landscape For New Zealand
Friday, 26 May 2023, 10:02 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand has today released the 2022/23 edition of their annual publication New Zealand’s Medicines Landscape. This edition sheds light on the significant cost of ill health to New Zealand and reiterates that New Zealand continues to rank ... More >>
Medicines NZ Congratulates Dr Peter Jansen On His New HQSC Role And Welcomes New Independent Chair Mr Todd Krieble
Monday, 22 May 2023, 1:02 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand expresses its congratulations to Dr Peter Jansen on his well-deserved appointment as Chief Executive of Te Tāhū Hauora, Health Quality & Safety Commission (HQSC). The association extends its best wishes to him as he embarks on ... More >>
Medicines New Zealand Is Pleased To Announce A New Independent Chair And A Te Ao Māori Director
Monday, 30 January 2023, 6:34 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand welcomes two new Board members in 2023. The first of these is the appointment of Dr Peter Jansen (Ngati Hinerangi, Ngati Raukawa) as Independent Chair of the Board. Dr Jansen has extensive experience in leadership and governance ... More >>
Award Recipient To Develop Novel Biological Ingredients Into Tool That Enhances Patient Healing & Recovery After Surgery
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 3:36 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the Value of Medicines Awards. The industry association has rewarded outstanding researchers for undertaking innovative research into the use of medicines or vaccines since 2011, ... More >>
New Zealand, It’s Time To Put Fairness In Focus
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 11:21 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand is today relaunching their digital public awareness platform Fairness in Focus. This platform is designed to create better public understanding of modern medicines' importance and role in New Zealand. This platform is focussed ... More >>
Pharmac Review: A Step In The Right Direction, But ‘Devil Will Be In The Detail’ For Government On Actions To Be Taken
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 6:23 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand believe that the final report of the Independent PHARMAC Review panel is a step in the right direction. There is however, much more work to be done as the Government’s response has not clearly stated how it will act on the recommendations ... More >>
Budget 2022 Medicines Investment: A Start, But Also A Potential Rapid And Painful Stop?
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 7:47 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Announcement in the budget of $191 million of new investment for medicines over the next two years is a start, but the fact that there is no confirmed additional investment beyond those two years is both a risk and concern, especially when compared ... More >>
Medicines Sector Actively Responds To The Ukraine Crisis In Europe
Monday, 7 March 2022, 10:56 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand stands in unity with both our sister associations and their member companies in Europe to support the sector's efforts to assist the people of Ukraine. The innovative medicines sector is actively collaborating with many other ... More >>
Trans-Tasman Medicines Report: New Zealand Appalling Inequity Gap Exposed
Monday, 20 December 2021, 12:04 pm | Medicines New Zealand
A new report, Access to Medicines 3 (AtoM 3) generated by IQVIA, the world's largest healthcare data science company, showed that New Zealand is consistently publicly funding fewer cost-effective modern medicines than Australia and making funding decisions ... More >>
