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Pharmac Cuts Red Tape To Improve Access To Medicines For Thousands Of New Zealanders
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 11:43 am | PHARMAC
A Special Authority is a type of funding restriction used by Pharmac to ensure that certain medicines are targeted to people who would benefit most from them. More >>
Pharmac Proposes Changes To Make It Easier To Access HIV Medicines
Thursday, 2 October 2025, 11:22 am | PHARMAC
Pharmac is consulting on a proposal to remove Special Authority and Hospital Indication criteria for all funded antiretroviral medicines for HIV. More >>
Pharmac Proposes Funding Five Medicines And More Convenient Treatment Options To Ease Pressure On Health Services
Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 11:06 am | PHARMAC
Pharmac is consulting on a multiproduct agreement with Roche that includes new treatments and faster-to-administer types of existing medicines. If approved, the medicines would be funded from 1 December 2025. More >>
Pharmac Proposes Funding A New Brand Of ADHD Medicine
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 11:09 am | PHARMAC
If approved, the proposal would see Methylphenidate Sandoz XR funded from 1 December 2025. This is a generic equivalent to the Concerta brand and would be available in the same strengths. More >>
Pharmac Confirms Continued Access To Comirnaty COVID-19 Vaccine
Monday, 1 September 2025, 11:11 am | PHARMAC
A new prefilled syringe for adults will also be introduced, making it easier for health professionals to administer the vaccine. More >>
Pharmac To Update Access And Supply Of COVID-19 Treatments
Monday, 11 August 2025, 1:34 pm | PHARMAC
From 1 September 2025 the antivirals, nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (branded as Paxlovid) and remdesivir (branded as Veklury) will be funded for all people aged 50 years or over with an active COVID-19 infection who are at high risk of hospitalisation or ... More >>
Pharmac Expands Access To Meningococcal B Vaccine For Children Under 5
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 1:57 pm | PHARMAC
From 1 September 2025, all children under five years of age will be eligible for funded doses of Bexsero, regardless of whether they started or completed their vaccine course in their first year. This replaces the current catch-up programme, which ends ... More >>
19 Funded Medicines To Change Brands Following Community Consultation
Thursday, 31 July 2025, 11:43 am | PHARMAC
The annual tender is one of the ways that Pharmac manages the fixed budget it receives from the Government to fund medicines for New Zealanders. More >>
Consumer And Patient Working Group To Help Pharmac Reset
Monday, 21 July 2025, 4:45 pm | PHARMAC
The new working group, made up of the consumer and patient community, will decide what Pharmac focuses on for the reset programme, taking a hands-on role in the delivery of the work to ensure it reflects consumers’ needs, values, and perspectives. More >>
Pharmac To Improve Access To Asthma Inhalers And IUDs From 1 August 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 1:10 pm | PHARMAC
From 1 August 2025, people using some strengths of budesonide with eformoterol inhalers will be able to receive three-months supply all at once, reducing the need for multiple pharmacy visits. More >>
Pharmac Asks For Feedback On Second Round Of Potential Brand Changes From 2024/25 Annual Tender
Monday, 7 July 2025, 12:48 pm | PHARMAC
The current consultation includes a list of medicines being considered for brand changes under the 2024/25 tender. More >>
Greater Certainty For New Zealanders With Cancer
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 3:14 pm | PHARMAC
From 1 July 2025, when Pharmac funds a new cancer medicine or widens access to existing funded cancer medicines, eligible patients will be able to receive their medicine within private hospitals or clinics for a period of up to 12 months, without having ... More >>
First Ever National List Of Medical Devices Now Live
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 1:29 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmac has been building a list of all medical devices currently used in public hospitals as it works to improve the way medical devices are managed in New Zealand. More >>
Pharmac Proposes Changes To Support 12-month Prescriptions
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 2:53 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmac's Director of Strategy, Policy and Performance Michael Johnson says the proposed changes are designed to make it easier for people to access their medicines while maintaining safe and effective dispensing practices. More >>
Nutrition Replacements Fully Funded For Adults With Crohn’s Disease Who Use Them As Their Only Source Of Nutrition
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 12:11 pm | PHARMAC
The goal of this exclusive diet is to rest the gut, to reduce inflammation and promote healing. This also may help manage symptoms and reduce the likelihood of needing surgery. More >>
New Chief Executive For Pharmac
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:16 am | PHARMAC
Canadian Natalie McMurtry will join Pharmac on Monday 15 September after an extensive recruitment search within New Zealand and overseas. More >>
Pharmac To Fund Two Brands Of Oestradiol Patches From 1 December 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025, 11:21 am | PHARMAC
People will be able to use either brand of patch, subject to availability. From this date, the other currently funded brands of oestradiol patches will no longer be funded. More >>
Pharmac Seeks Feedback On Potential Brand Changes From Annual Medicines Tender
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 12:21 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmac is now consulting on the potential impact of brand changes from this year’s tender. Pharmac is inviting feedback from people who take these medicines, and those who support them including prescribers, dispensers, and caregivers. More >>
Schedule Rule Changes Will Improve Continuity Of Cancer Care
Monday, 26 May 2025, 2:23 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmac is consulting on a proposal to amend the rules of the Pharmaceutical Schedule, following the Government’s decision to enable access to new publicly funded cancer medicines in private hospitals and clinics from 1 August 2025. More >>
Pharmac Proposes To Fully Fund Nutrition Replacements For Some People With Crohn’s Disease
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:24 am | PHARMAC
Pharmac wants to remove this additional cost on Ensure Plus and Fortisip so people with Crohn’s disease, who use them as their only source of nutrition, can continue to access and benefit from nutrition replacements. More >>
