PHARMAC work in funding medicines for rare disorders progressing

16 July 2018

New Zealand’s Pharmaceutical Management Agency PHARMAC said today that is progressing work aimed at improving funded access to medicines for rare disorders.

Chief executive Sarah Fitt says the latest step is the appointment of a clinical subcommittee with expertise in evaluating medicines for rare disorders. The subcommittee, which includes leading New Zealand and Australian experts in managing patients with rare disorders, will provide advice to PHARMAC’s main clinical committee, PTAC.

Earlier in the month, PHARMAC published updated policy settings for assessing medicines for rare disorders, and opened a commercial process seeking funding applications from pharmaceutical suppliers, specifically for medicines for rare disorders.

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