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Agreement offers relief children with arthritis
Monday, 22 December 2003, 9:04 am | PHARMAC
Children with arthritis will have access to a new fully-subsidised treatment from 1 February 2004. More >>
New Anti-Depressant Drug Funded
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 2:39 pm | PHARMAC
A new treatment for depression will be funded from 1 January 2004 following an agreement between PHARMAC and pharmaceutical company Wyeth (NZ) Ltd. More >>
Wellington Professor appointed to chair PTAC
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 2:34 pm | PHARMAC
Wellington-based physician and clinical pharmacologist Professor Carl Burgess has been appointed to chair the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC). More >>
PHARMAC welcomes new Board appointment
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 2:32 pm | PHARMAC
PHARMAC Board chairman Richard Waddel has welcomed the appointment of Tauranga management consultant Adrienne von Tunzelmann to the Board of the Government drug-funding agency. More >>
Big jump in statins use but many not accessing
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 4:31 pm | PHARMAC
More people are getting the benefits of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs but prescribing figures could be higher yet, says PHARMAC Medical Director Dr Peter Moodie. More >>
PHARMAC predicts continuing HRT prescribing drop
Wednesday, 26 November 2003, 2:25 pm | PHARMAC
Even fewer New Zealand women are likely to opt for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) despite the already large drop-off in use, predicts drug funding agency PHARMAC. More >>
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 >>
