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Posted 30 October 2025 AM
New Zealand funding body Pharmac has proposed changes to the way it funds drugs, which will allow it to decline certain applications for funding.
The changes to how medicine funding applications are managed on the Options for Investment (OFI) list would allow Pharmac to decline applications that have remained in the lowest-ranked group for more than two years.

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