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Brace for a $1 billion funding crunch as Pharmac clears its backlog

The list that grows because the system is working Patient advocate Malcolm Mulholland of Patient Voice Aotearoa has warned that Pharmac's...

By B2B News | 22 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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By B2B News | 21 Jul 2026 | 4 min read
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A ban that is easy to write and hard to obey Banning "forever chemicals" is the kind of policy that writes...

By B2B News | 20 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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The tool arrived before the rules did Health is the most tightly regulated sector in the country, which makes the adoption...

By B2B News | 16 Jul 2026 | 5 min read
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