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Cystic fibrosis: Pharmac receives updated advice for funding Trikafta

Pharmac has re-ranked Trikafta on its Options for Investment list after updated advice.

Pharmac 'procrastinating' over funding glucose monitors

Glucose monitors would be life-changing for all with diabetes.

'Worst fears come true': Why NZ is not ready for a fentanyl crisis

Low doses of the life-saving antidote Naloxone are a worry, says NZ Drug Foundation.

Explainer: End of DHBs - what you need to know about new system

The focus has been on the top end of the planned changes - what about the local level?

Pharmac HIV treatment change should give patients more privacy

HIV prevention group happy but campaigner says work needed on cancer, rare illnesses.

'What Pharmac has in common with the Reserve Bank'

OPINION: What New Zealand has done with both entities is forget history.

Watch: Pharmac review uncovers 'systemic failings' for those with rare disorders

People with rare disorders facing excessive suffering under Pharmac model, review finds.

Mystery donor: $27K 'miracle drug' couriered to Rotorua teen with cystic fibrosis

The anonymous sender wrote: 'Keep fighting hard - you've got this. I hope this helps.'

'For some of us it is a life-and-death decision': Pharmac boost not enough, patients say

Ill patients say lack of Budget funding for new drugs means some of them will die sooner.

South Auckland GPs call for new anti-viral drugs

Almost 50 per cent of all current Covid-19 cases in NZ are in Counties Manukau district.

Medicinal cannabis drastically improving eight-year-old's life

Taupō family fundraising for life-changing cannabis medicine that costs $700 a month.

Covid 19 drug to stay in New Zealand for now

Ronapreve was used to fight Delta, but its effectiveness against Omicron is unknown.

Essential medications rationed due to supply shortages

Essential medications rationed, supplies short, pharmacists cancel maternity leave.

Watch: Experts explain 'gamechanger' treatments for Covid

They've been described as "gamechangers" in the fight against Covid-19.

Live: Experts warn 'race is on' as new Covid drug set for NZ

In high risk patients it can reduce the risk of death and hospitalisation by 89 per cent.

'Damning' Pharmac report reveals 'fortress mentality' to decision-making

It also questions commitments to equity; just four of its nearly 150 staff are Māori.

First wahine Māori to head Pharmac advisory board

Dr Jane Thomas to lead Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee from December.

Breast cancer claims Pharmac fighter Wiki Mulholland

Wiki Mulholland's cancer diagnosis inspired a movement. She has died today.