Pharmac’s chief medical officer Dr David Hughes has today announced the decision to fund a biosimilar adalimumab (Amgevita), improving access to adalimumab for more than 700 New Zealanders
Whānau Ora have filed papers requesting an urgent judicial review of the decision by Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield who blocked Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency access to Māori health data
Whānau Ora Commissiong Agency Chair Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says vaccination rates for
Māori have gone backwards, despite assurances from Ashley Bloomfield that his Ministry
can lift the lagging Māori rate
The addition of another drug to the suite of COVID-19 medicines available in New Zealand is good news for patients and for the health system, the Government says
According to an urgent poll undertaken by the General Practice Owners Association (GenPro), the national representative body for general practice across New Zealand, over 80% of general practices will not be providing assisted dying services
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the company has filed for provisional approval of the vaccine to the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (Medsafe)
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) wants a programme of COVID-19 booster shots for frontline workers and vulnerable populations put in place as soon as possible
At 7.45pm this evening, the High Court delivered it’s urgent judgement on whether the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency should have access to Māori data in order to lift Māori access to vaccination opportunities
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management