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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 >>
Where Does Budget Leave Innovative Medicines?
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 3:29 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Media Release For Immediate Release Where Does Budget Leave Innovative Medicines? On Tuesday the Australian Government committed AU$691 million Dollars ($832 million NZ) over 5 years for new pharmaceutical investments - a forecast growth of 4.9%. ... More >>
Wider Choice for NZ Asthma Patients
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 12:52 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Increasing the choice of funded treatments for children and adults with asthma is to be commended, Medicines New Zealand General Manager Kevin Sheehy says. This week PHARMAC announced that an additional choice in asthma treatments will be funded for ... More >>
Capturing Value from Innovation Vital for NZ
Tuesday, 31 July 2012, 9:40 am | Medicines New Zealand
New Zealand’s innovative companies and research community must protect their breakthroughs, for the country to continue to grow its science based economy, a group of visiting IP and investment experts say. Joseph Damond, Senior Vice President (International), ... More >>
Entries for Value of Medicines Award now open.
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 9:26 am | Medicines New Zealand
“This $20,000 award aims to stimulate research that improves the understanding, effectiveness or safety of the use of medicines,” Medicines New Zealand General Manager Kevin Sheehy says. More >>
Medicines NZ welcomes the additional investment in health
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 3:43 pm | Medicines New Zealand
“We support the Government’s commitment to improving access to innovative medicines and protecting and growing public health services, in a tight economic climate. Thousands of New Zealand patients have benefited from increased Government investment in pharmaceuticals ... More >>
Additional Investment in Health Welcomed
Monday, 14 May 2012, 5:20 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Medicines New Zealand welcomes Prime Minister Key’s announcement today regarding the additional investment in health. Reallocation of funding to allow better use of our health dollar has been something Medicines New Zealand has long advocated ... More >>
Improved Access to Innovative Medicines Good for NZ Patients
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:25 am | Medicines New Zealand
Providing solutions to help New Zealand’s health system better serve its people is at the heart of Medicines New Zealand’s message at the Trans Pacific Partnership meetings in Dallas this week. In a speech delivered to a stakeholder meeting in Dallas, ... More >>
Chronic Pain Report Highlights Major Health Issue for NZ
Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 9:55 am | Medicines New Zealand
Chronic pain is a widespread but often misunderstood problem for many New Zealanders, according to the results of a survey published today by Pfizer New Zealand, in partnership with Arthritis New Zealand. More >>
Increased pharmaceutical investment benefits NZ patients
Friday, 13 April 2012, 3:33 pm | Medicines New Zealand
Increased Government investment in pharmaceuticals over the past three years has undoubtedly benefited thousands of New Zealand patients, Medicines New Zealand General Manager Kevin Sheehy says. More >>
Heather Roy to Chair Medicines New Zealand
Thursday, 26 January 2012, 10:08 am | Medicines New Zealand
Heather Roy is to Chair Medicines New Zealand, the industry association for innovative pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand. Mrs Roy will take up the role of Chair of the industry body on 1 February 2012. More >>
