Our Views
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InPharmation
InPharmation is PHARMAC's quarterly newsletter. You can download a copy of InPharmation here.
Articles and opinion pieces
From time to time we write articles for peer-reviewed journals and publish opinion pieces on issues of interest. You can find copies or links to these here.
Medicines Strategy
PHARMAC submission (54 pages, 5853 KB) on 'Towards a New Zealand Medicines Strategy' consultation document.
High Cost Medicines Review
In 2010, an independent review of high cost highly specialised medicines was commissioned by the Government. A copy of the final report of the high cost highly specialised medicines panel report is available at the 
Ministry of Health.
You can read PHARMAC's 2006 High Cost Medicines Review (3 pages, 22 KB) released as a contribution to the Government's work on 'High-Cost Highly Specialised Medicines'.
Also available is the summary (31 pages, 1468 KB) of the submissions that we received in response to our work on the 'High-Cost Highly Specialised Medicines' review.
Page updated on 01 Jun 2010
Linked documents
Submission on the development of the Medicines Strategy (54 pages, 5853 KB)
Medicines Strategy Consultation Sector Policy Directorate Ministry of Health PO Box 5013 Wellington MEDICINES STRATEGY CONSULTATION DOCUMENT PHARMAC welcomes the opportunity to make a submission as part of the development of a medicines strategy for New Zealand. We strongly support…
Information from PHARMAC's 2006 High Cost Medicines Review Released As Contribution To Government's Work On 'High-Cost Highly Specialised' Medicines (3 pages, 22 KB)
INFORMATION FROM PHARMAC’s 2006 HIGH COST MEDICINES REVIEW RELEASED AS CONTRIBUTION TO GOVERNMENT’S WORK ON `HIGH-COST HIGHLY SPECIALISED’ MEDICINES Summary The Government has recently established an independent review panel to investigate improving access to ‘high-cost highly specialised’ medicines. PHARMAC undertook…
Summary of Submissions and Copies of Submissions (31 pages, 1468 KB)
SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS This Summary of Submissions document provides a summary of the submissions we received. The views that stakeholders expressed in their submissions are described in general terms. For the purposes of this document, PHARMAC staff paraphrased and shortened…
