Pharmac
23 stories since November 2024 Ongoing
Topics
- Blood cancer drug funding concerns6 stories · September 2025Quiet since 26 Sep 2025
- 2026 winter flu surge7 stories · 20 Aug – 15 SepQuiet since 15 Sep
- Measles cases in New Zealand 202528 stories · October – December 2025Quiet since 23 Dec 2025
All stories
October 2026
- National pledges to remove Auckland's ban on minimum car parking



+1 - Editorial: Aid cuts a rare misstep by Mr Brown?


- National pledges to reduce foreign aid, use money to increase Pharmac's budget and extend free cancer screening



+2
September 2026
August 2026
December 2025
November 2025
October 2025
- Women report issues with Estradot oestrogen patches



+1 - Natalie McMurtry begins role as new Pharmac chief executive


September 2025
- Cancer patients using KiwiSaver to pay for unfunded treatments


- Slow cancer treatment uptake driving doctors and patients offshore


July 2025
- Meningococcal B vaccine funding to expand for children under five



- David Seymour issues new directions for Pharmac



+1 - Pharmac to change access for asthma inhalers and IUDs


June 2025
- GPs and nurse practitioners to diagnose and treat ADHD from February



+2 - Doctors warn private use of public cancer drugs will increase inequities


- Pharmac to fund two brands of menopause patches from December



- Pharmac explores extending free meningococcal B vaccination programme


February 2025
January 2025
- Pharmac reconsidering decision to fund single brand of HRT patches



- Napier teen's meningitis death prompts calls for funded vaccinations

