Pharmaceuticals, patients and politics: How has New Zealand got so far behind with medicines?

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Pharmaceuticals, patients and politics: How has New Zealand got so far behind with medicines?

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Vanessa Weenink

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New Zealand takes 2.5 times the OECD average of nine months, to publicly fund modern medicines. Why the delay here? Asks Medicines New Zealand chief Graeme Jarvis

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Graeme Jarvis has some questions for the reviewers of funding agency Pharmac to ask as they embark on their work

The Government’s decision to have a review into drug funder Pharmac should be seen both as positive and as good public-sector governance. This, of