PHARMAC seeks input
February 26, 2014
New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical
Management Agency (PHARMAC)
is asking for people’s views on
a proposed new framework for
making pharmaceutical funding
decisions.
PHARMAC currently uses a set of
nine criteria to guide the decisions
it makes about pharmaceutical
funding.
With PHARMAC’s role expanding
to include hospital medicines,
vaccines and eventually hospital
medical devices, the factors
PHARMAC took account of needed
reviewing, it said.
Chief executive Steffan Crausaz
says the proposed new format
shows that PHARMAC looks at the
impact of decisions across four
aspects – need, suitability, benefits
and costs. Each of those aspects
is considered in relation to the
patient, the treatment, and the
health sector.
Consultation on the draft
framework closes at Easter.
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