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Robots and New Zealand medical innovation highlighted
Tuesday, 15 September 2015, 12:56 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Dr Catherine Mohr, a global expert on robotic surgery and other innovative health solutions, will be in New Zealand for four days as the guest of Medicines New Zealand. More >>
Value of Medicines Award Winner
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 12:37 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Dr Swee Tan, the Founder and Executive Director of the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute (GMRI), has continued the remarkable work that saw him win the Value of Medicines Award in 2014, funded by Medicines New Zealand. Applications for the ... More >>
Adult Vaccinations: WHO Cares…. does New Zealand?
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 10:00 am | Medicines New Zealand
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), vaccination is one of the most successful and cost-effective public health interventions known. More >>
Medicines NZ supports Health Research with $20,000 Award
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 2:21 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Entries for the 2015 Medicines New Zealand ‘Value of Medicines Award’ are now open. This annual award aims to showcase innovative research projects that can improve the health of kiwis through the use of medicines and vaccines. More >>
Kiwis waiting up to 8 years for key medicines
Friday, 17 April 2015, 9:54 am | Medicines New Zealand
A study* published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal shows that New Zealand has a ‘waiting list’ of new medicines that have been recommended for funding but are not yet funded by PHARMAC. More >>
NZ 2nd ‘last in class’ for first-in-class medicines
Friday, 20 March 2015, 1:08 pm | Medicines New Zealand
A newly released report shows Kiwis are missing out on many innovative medicines, with New Zealand ranked in last place out of 20 comparable OECD countries. The report compares access to 247 new medicines that were first registered between 2009 and ... More >>
Kiwis missing out on innovative medicines
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 11:50 am | Medicines New Zealand
Compared to our Aussie cousins, Kiwi patients are denied access to innovative medicines. In the past 12 months, Australia listed 17 new medicines on their pharmaceutical schedule and New Zealand listed just one. More >>
New General Manager appointed to Medicines New Zealand
Tuesday, 27 January 2015, 12:40 pm | Medicines New Zealand
The start of the New Year was marked at Medicines New Zealand by the appointment of a new General Manager, Dr. Graeme Jarvis. Dr. Jarvis brings over 22 years’ experience in both domestic and international private sector and government organisations. More >>
Keeping standards high for the medicines industry
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 9:48 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand’s Code of Practice (the Code) has been reviewed and the 16th edition is out now. More >>
Demand for measles vaccine rises by 40 percent
Tuesday, 1 July 2014, 1:09 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Demand for measles vaccine has risen by 40 percent in June in New Zealand in the wake of a rapidly-spreading outbreak of the disease in the Auckland and Waikato regions. More >>
New Zealanders Miss Out on Timely Access to New Medicines
Tuesday, 11 March 2014, 10:38 am | Medicines New Zealand
Australia is to gain access to new medicines at an even faster rate thanks to a new streamlined process to reduce the time taken to list medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme while New Zealand patients by comparison continue to receive access ... More >>
How medicines are made available for Kiwi
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:59 am | Medicines New Zealand
Many Kiwis don’t know or are confused about the way in which medicines prescribed for them are assessed for safety and become funded. “For the first time, in a collaboration between Medicines New Zealand, PHARMAC and Medsafe a set of informative videos have ... More >>
Value of Medicines Award Winner Announced
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 9:55 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand is delighted to announce that Dr Conroy Wong has won the $20,000 Value of Medicines Award for his excellent clinical research that will benefit patients with bronchiectasis. Dr Wong is the clinical head of respiratory medicine at Middlemore ... More >>
Medicines contribute to export earnings
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:33 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand would like to acknowledge the major contribution made to New Zealand’s export earnings by companies such as Douglas Pharmaceuticals. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has released an excellent report that shows ... More >>
Are New Zealand & Australia ready for new cancer therapies?
Wednesday, 31 July 2013, 11:29 am | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand welcomes the report ‘Access to Cancer Medicines in Australia’, and calls for a similar stakeholder discussion to occur in New Zealand. More >>
Time running out to enter Value of Medicines Award
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 2:24 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Time is running out to get your entry in for the Medicines New Zealand, Value of Medicines Award. More >>
Medicines and vaccines industry bodies merge
Monday, 29 July 2013, 12:17 pm | Medicines New Zealand
New Zealanders could get better access to new and improved vaccines, including some developed in New Zealand, following a merger between industry body Medicines New Zealand and its vaccine counterpart, the Vaccines Industry Association of New Zealand ... More >>
New Zealand health statistics of concern
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 10:28 am | Medicines New Zealand
A publication recently released by Medicines New Zealand entitled Did You Know? highlights some of the difficulties New Zealand faces with health issues and pharmaceutical funding. More >>
Value of Medicines Award worth $20,000 to a keen researcher
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 12:10 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Entries for the 2013 Medicines New Zealand Value of Medicines Award are now open. “The Medicines New Zealand Value of Medicines Award encourages and showcases innovative projects that have the potential to improve health outcomes for New Zealanders, through ... More >>
Potential Outcome Disappointing For Patients
Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 4:22 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand shares patients’ disappointment that they will potentially miss out on a new medicine for a rare blood disorder known as Paroxysmal Nocturnal Heamaturia (PNH). We are however encouraged that for the first time PHARMAC has decided ... More >>
