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Exclusive: Insurance gap blocking Kiwis from life-saving drugs will be fixed, Seymour says
A Medsafe technicality is seeing people miss out on desperately-needed funds.
Medical cannabis company in voluntary administration after funding dispute
Loss-making firm failed to raise much-needed funds.
Editorial: The emperor of all maladies, cancer
OPINION: The Princess of Wales has reassured the world 'I am going to be okay'.
Revealed: David Seymour's big plans for Pharmac
Seymour wants investigation of possible cost-sharing between Pharmac and patients.
Kiwi mum's plea to David Seymour on Pharmac - Samantha Lenik
OPINION: What sort of country are we discussing medical access for cancer patients?
Relapse risk: Schizophrenia meds in supply crunch
Psychiatrists say disruption could cause some patients to suffer relapse of psychosis.
'We're relieved': Pharmac cancer funding welcomed by families
The new rule means every child with cancer receives the same access to vital medicine.
Stage 4 cancer patient beat the odds - but his unfunded battle isn't over yet
He is paying $1700 every eight weeks for unfunded Keytruda treatments.
Hope for cancer patients as price falls on life-extending drug
The scheme won't cover all multiple myeloma patients. Details are due within a month.
Pharmac stops free flu vaccines for older Māori, Pasifika
Lady Tureiti Moxon says the decision is ‘another anti-Maōri stance’.
'Life-saving': Nick Jonas' message to Kiwi fans
He just played to a huge Auckland crowd, now he's shifting the focus to something else.
Life-prolonging cancer drugs could be funded sooner
New Zealand badly lags behind other developed countries for funded myeloma drugs.
Desperate Pharmac plea from family selling cans for unfunded cancer drugs
A desperate Auckland family is collecting cans to try fund blood cancer medication.
Sarah’s mum died of melanoma - she has raised over $90,000 to beat it herself
Sarah Barr's own mum died of melanoma - and she won't allow that to happen to her kids.
Northland mum of two fundraises for last-chance cancer drug
Northlander Cherie Coker will do anything to spend more time with her young children.
Willis unveils $7.4 billion in cuts as gloomy economy weighs on Government
A gloomy economic outlook - with a silver lining on inflation.
'Fantastic news': Mum cancer-free after international medical trial
Hamilton woman Lisa Martin was among those whose aggressive cancer was eliminated.
Low-dose morphine shortage has health workers worried
Doctors are warning difficult months are ahead as stocks run out.
'Pretty alarmed': Thousands of Kiwis with ADHD forced to switch drugs after supply problems
Global demand has been blamed for the shortage of Teva, a common ADHD drug.
Kiwi dad's $300k bill for cancer treatment: 'Desperate' need for funding
Myeloma treatment daratumumab, offered in 49 countries, still isn't funded in New Zealand.
Emails about me show Pharmac ‘bereft of compassion’ for patients - cancer fighter
Grieving husband of Wiki Mulholland says Rachel Smalley case was not isolated.