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2008 / 05
PHARMAC documents that matched your search:
Close Control flow chart for health professionals
(2 pages, 172 KB)
2008/05/30
Close Control FAQs Change of dose/medication With the change in medicine/dose can the balance of the prescription be dispensed monthly? (e.g.10 days + 20 days + 30 days + 30 days)? No. After the initial dispensing of e.g. 10 days,…
Fax order form for close control resources
(1 page, 69 KB)
2008/05/30
FAX BACK TO 0800 455 442 To request further materials or information please complete the details below. Please send me: Health Professional Information: Changes to the close control rules from 1 June 2008 Patient Information: Changes to the amount of…
New migraine treatment could be on the tip of your tongue
(1 page, 62 KB)
2008/05/30
Wafers that dissolve on the tongue will become a new treatment option for people who suffer from painful migraine headaches from next month. The…
Patient guide: Changes to the amount of medicine you receive
(1 page, 49 KB)
2008/05/30
Changes to the amount of medicine you receive. PHARMAC has changed the rules in relation to the amount of medicine that you are dispensed. In some cases, you are able to receive a smaller amount when you are starting on…
Review of PTAC’s Guidelines – extended deadlines
(1 page, 80 KB)
2008/05/30
As you are aware, PHARMAC is reviewing the ‘Guidelines for the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC) and its Sub-Committees’ which detail the terms of reference for these PHARMAC advisory committees...
Omeprazole sole supply start date delay
(2 pages, 170 KB)
2008/05/28
Notification of Pharmaceutical Schedule Changes Further to our notification dated 7 April 2008 regarding the changes to the reimbursement of the heartburn and gastric ulcer treatment omeprazole, we wish to advise…
Proposal for levetiracetam
(4 pages, 262 KB)
2008/05/28
Proposal summary PHARMAC and Rex Medical Ltd have reached a provisional agreement for funding of a new treatment for epilepsy, levetiracetam. Under this agreement, Rex Medical’s brand of levetiracetam (Levetiracetam-Rex) would be funded without…
Proposal for sole supply arrangement for citalopram hydrobromide
(3 pages, 126 KB)
2008/05/28
Proposal summary PHARMAC and Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Ltd have reached a provisional agreement for the supply of Arrow-Citalopram, one of the three brands of citalopram hydrobromide currently funded by…
Proposal to amend the listings of venom allergy kits
(2 pages, 114 KB)
2008/05/28
Following feedback from clinicians, PHARMAC is proposing to change the listing description of bee and wasp venom allergy kits in the Pharmaceutical Schedule. Please note that this proposal…
Proposal to subsidise aripiprazole (Abilify)
(3 pages, 193 KB)
2008/05/28
Proposal summary PHARMAC and Bristol-Myers Squibb have reached a provisional agreement for funding of a new treatment for schizophrenia, aripiprazole (Abilify), from 1 August 2008. Aripiprazole (Abilify) would be fully subsidised for…



