New working group looks to demystify Pharmac fund
NEW ZEALAND, JUL 22 – The Consumer and Patient Working Group aims to clear a $1 billion backlog of over 100 medicines waiting an average six years for funding, improving Pharmac's transparency and responsiveness.
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Pharmac continues to engage with consumers
Associate Health Minister David Seymour welcomes the establishment of Pharmac’s new consumer working group to help Pharmac help reset how it works with health consumers. "For many New Zealanders, funding for pharmaceuticals is life or death, or the difference between a life of pain and suffering or living freely,” Mr Seymour says. “My expectation is that Pharmac should have good processes to ensure that people with an illness, their carers and…
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