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Kōrero: Medicines and remedies

Pharmac decision

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Pharmac manages public expenditure on pharmaceuticals. It negotiates with manufacturers for reduced prices and funds the most effective and cost-efficient products. In this television news clip, Dr Peter Moody of Pharmac explains a decision to change the asthma inhaler that is funded.

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Pauline Norris rāua ko Rosemary Beresford, Medicines and remedies – Access to medicines, 1993 to 21st century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/28231/pharmac-decision (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Pauline Norris rāua ko Rosemary Beresford, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011, updated 1 April 2020.