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PHARMAC - Latest News [Page 26]
Medicine use continues to rise
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 11:06 am | PHARMAC
New Zealanders are taking more medicine than ever before, according to figures just released by drug funding agency PHARMAC. More >>
PHARMAC AstraZeneca agree to continued drug supply
Friday, 21 November 2003, 3:00 pm | PHARMAC
People will be able to continue taking all dosage strengths of the calcium channel blocker drug felodipine. More >>
Pharmac Disappointed At Multinational’s Decision
Friday, 14 November 2003, 3:25 pm | PHARMAC
PHARMAC will be doing all it can to ensure New Zealanders continue to have access to the heart drug felodipine, following the surprise decision by multinational company AstraZeneca to suddenly cease supplying it to New Zealand. More >>
More Medicines To Be Funded In 2003-04
Monday, 29 September 2003, 8:52 am | PHARMAC
More people will have access to subsidised medicines through an agreement to raise the pharmaceutical budget to $566 million in the 2003-04 financial year. More >>
Public Informed On All At Once Dispensing
Thursday, 18 September 2003, 8:57 am | PHARMAC
Information telling people about the partial return to all-at-once dispensing is being distributed this week. More >>
Tender produces $23 million savings
Monday, 25 August 2003, 8:42 am | PHARMAC
Pharmaceuticals used in both hospitals and the community will cost about $23 million less over the next three years as a result of decisions from the latest PHARMAC tender. More >>
One Heart Many Lives Campaign Has Positive Impact
Monday, 18 August 2003, 2:58 pm | PHARMAC
A campaign aimed at reducing the risk of heart disease has made people more aware of the impact it can have on their lives and their families, research into the campaign’s impact has shown. More >>
Convenience, Flexibility In Dispensing Changes
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 11:55 am | PHARMAC
More people will have the convenience of being able to get their prescriptions dispensed all-at-once from 1 October 2003, PHARMAC announced today. More >>
Antibiotic prescribing continues downward trend
Thursday, 12 June 2003, 1:13 pm | PHARMAC
PHARMAC has observed an approximate 16% drop in antibiotic prescribing over the past five years – but says people need to remain vigilant. More >>
Ease for prescription pick-ups proposed
Wednesday, 9 April 2003, 9:59 am | PHARMAC
New Zealanders are being asked if they would prefer to be able to pick up most three-month prescriptions at once, rather than making three visits to the pharmacy to pick them up monthly. More >>
More convenience for people in dispensing changes
Monday, 31 March 2003, 5:34 pm | PHARMAC
People will have to make fewer trips to the pharmacy to collect their medicine under proposed changes to the way prescriptions are dispensed More >>
Support for the one heart many lives campaign
Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:37 am | PHARMAC
Medical Director of the Heart Foundation, Dr Diana North commends PHARMAC for having the vision to pilot this new campaign. More >>
Gisborne and Porirua to pilot campaign
Monday, 31 March 2003, 9:36 am | PHARMAC
People in Gisborne and Porirua are the first to be involved in the pilot of a campaign that aims to cut New Zealand’s high rates of cardiovascular disease. More >>
Gsk Pricing Decision Welcomed
Monday, 10 March 2003, 9:15 am | PHARMAC
PHARMAC has welcomed the decision by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to lower the price of its commonly used asthma inhaler fluticasone (Flixotide). The decision means people will be able to continue using this medicine without having to pay a manufacturer’s ... More >>
Pharmac Welcomes Ptac Appointment
Tuesday, 4 March 2003, 3:24 pm | PHARMAC
PHARMAC Medical Director Peter Moodie has welcomed the appointment of Taranaki general practitioner and lecturer Tony Ruakere to PHARMAC’s medical advisory committee, the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC). More >>
PHARMAC targets high cost of diabetes test strips
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 3:37 pm | PHARMAC
The high cost of diabetes monitoring is being targeted by PHARMAC with a decision to reference price blood glucose test strips. More >>
New Campaign Aims To Improve Asthma Management
Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 11:48 am | PHARMAC
If you use an inhaler to control your asthma, your medicine dosage may need adjusting. More >>
PHARMAC reminds companies of supply obligations
Wednesday, 15 January 2003, 2:49 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmaceutical companies are being reminded of their obligation to supply medicines to patients and will be closely monitored to ensure they comply with their contracts. More >>
NZ in top rung of nations funding new cancer drug
Monday, 4 November 2002, 1:01 pm | PHARMAC
New Zealand will become one of the first countries in the world to fund imatinib mesylate (Glivec) as a first line treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia, should the new therapy be approved for this use by the Ministry of Health. More >>
NZMJ paper shows wide regional variations
Friday, 11 October 2002, 9:50 am | PHARMAC
A new study published in this week’s New Zealand Medical Journal shows wide regional variations in the uptake of the cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. More >>
