Medical journal articles
This page lists articles and letters prepared or contributed to by Pharmac for publication in peer-reviewed journals, including research co-funded by Pharmac.
2019 onward
Effectiveness of a preschool asthma education programme, compared to usual care, on the frequency of acute asthma events: a community-based cluster randomised trial. Walker N, von Blaramberg T, Mackay J, McNaughton W, Strickland J, Van Mil J, Moorcroft J, Funnell C, Smith L, Bettle E, Power K, Parore M, Parag V, Bullen C, Metcalfe S. New Zealand Medical Journal, 2022.(external link) (Currently requires a log in, will be publicly available from December 2022)
Joint HRC/Pharmac research project ‘A decision aid to incorporate patient preferences into biologic therapies’
Joint HRC/Pharmac research project ‘Improving metformin adherence and persistence in people with type 2 diabetes’
Joint HRC/Pharmac research project ‘Improving acceptance of generic medicines’
- The effect of rebranding generic medicines on drug efficacy and side effects. MacKrill K, Kleinstäuber M, Petrie KJ. Psychol Health, 2019.
2014 to 2018
Dispensing patterns for antidiabetic agents in New Zealand: are the guidelines being followed? Murray P, Norris H, Metcalfe S, Betty B, Young V, Locke B. N Z Med J. 2017.(external link)
With accompanying Editorial: Metformin: a golden oldie. Lunt H, Hudson B. N Z Med J. 2017.(external link)
- With accompanying Editorial: The high cost of ignorance in oncology. Fojo T. Semin Onc 2016.(external link)
- submitted to JAMA in 2016, commenting on: Conti RM, Gee RE, Sharfstein JM. Pharmaceuticals and Public Health. JAMA 2016.(external link)