It is so important that New Zealanders are able to access new, emerging and effective cancer treatments that are the standard of care in other parts...
Right to live
Father of two who’s spent his life serving the public told to consider Australia for funded cancer treatment
A Waikato police officer has been told to consider a move to Australia to treat his cancer. Will Hamilton was diagnosed with blood cancer multiple...
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...
Jacq Dwyer Myeloma NZ advocate shares her story
The silken ropes holding 26 pearls around Jacq Dwyer’s neck are a beautiful reminder of her victory over a devastating illness, but one she will...
NZ’s Shameful Health Secret
New Zealand sits at the bottom of the western world for access to modern medicines. Pharmac decide what drugs we buy and when. So why aren’t Kiwis...
Dr Ken Romeril, Multiple Myeloma founder, Member of the NZ Order of Merit, advocates for the desperate need for access to modern medicines for myeloma sufferers.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/300759926/miracle-medicines-a-cancer-specialist-sends-a-message-to-pharmac
Multiple Myeloma NZ campaigns for Pharmac to fund medicine
Myeloma New Zealand has started a campaign to press Pharmac into funding a treatment that has been standard-of-care throughout the Organisation for...
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...
Another march towards Pharmac funding
Originally published on Te ao The Medavivors breast cancer survivors group today took another step towards gaining government funding for cancer...
Petition calls on government to fund more lung cancer medications
This story was originally published on RNZ A woman whose husband died of lung cancer last year is delivering a petition to parliament calling on the...