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  • Ngā pūrere hauora a te hōhipere Hospital medical devices

    Hospital medical devices

    PHARMAC contracts with device suppliers to ensure our hospitals can buy medical devices at fairer prices.

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      PHARMAC's Māori Responsiveness Strategy

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What you need to know about medicines

This section contains information about medicines for people who take them.

  • Generic medicines

    Generics work the same way

  • Biological and biosimilar medicines

    What they are and what they mean for PHARMAC

  • Collecting and paying for medicines

    Answering your questions about prescriptions

  • Vaccines: Pharmac’s role

    How we make sure New Zealanders are protected from preventable diseases.

  • Pneumococcal vaccine

    Learn more about funded pneumococcal vaccines

  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung cancer postponed

    Update on funding of medicines like Keytruda

  • You are a priority

    Pharmac's breaking down the barriers for Māori and Pasifika to access two new type 2 diabetes medicines.

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