By Rodger Tiedemann 5 Sep, 2023 05:00 AM OPINION It is distressing to have to tell my cancer patients, in each and every clinic, that effective...
Myeloma
Bitter pill: New report finds NZ lags behind in timely access to medicines
The Shawview Report, commissioned by Johnson & Johnson, is a valuable, timely round-up of the inherent problems in our medicines funding system...
Time taken for Pharmac funding decisions ‘too long’, says Medicines NZ
It takes the nation’s drug-buying agency, Pharmac, an average of 7.7 years to make funding decisions about potentially life-saving medicines, a...
Cancer patients harmed by ongoing treatment delays at Southern health board
In the first two months of 2021, 27 patients were harmed by cancer treatment delays, the Otago Daily Times reported. Three became so...
Therapeutic Products Bill Submission!
Myeloma New Zealand has made a submission on the Therapeutic Products Bill, as it has implications for Myeloma Patients. The Chair of the Health...
FRAIL-M Study for Newly-Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma
The Australasian Myeloma Research Consortium (AMaRC) in collaboration with theAustralasian Leukaemia & Lymphoma Group (ALLG) and the Myeloma and...
Consensus statement on the treatment of transplant eligible patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma in New Zealand
The New Zealand Myeloma Interest Group is comprised of representative haematologists from District Health Boards around the country with a special...
Multiple Myeloma Summit 2022
Myeloma experts convened in person and online for the 2022 Multiple Myeloma Queenstown Summit, hosted by Myeloma New Zealand. This year’s meeting...
BLOOD CANCER PATIENTS IMPLORE PHARMAC TO FUND DESPERATELY NEEDED MEDICINE
MEDIA RELEASE 7 September 2022 New Zealanders living with multiple myeloma, a deadly, relapsing/remitting blood cancer, are mounting a major,...
Rachel Smalley: 1,000 kiwis will die while Pharmac takes eight months to make a decision
OPINION: How long does it take you to make a decision about whether or not to buy something? You’ve got all the information in front of you. You...
DOCTOR CALLS ON MINISTER LITTLE TO RELEASE ‘BURIED’ INDEPENDENT REPORT ON PHARMAC
MEDIA RELEASE DOCTOR CALLS ON MINISTER LITTLE TO RELEASE ‘BURIED’ INDEPENDENT REPORT ON PHARMAC The final report of the Independent Pharmac Review...
FRAIL-M TRIALS FOR TRANSPLANT INELIGIBLE MYELOMA (PHASE I/II)
Frail-M test