Lie down for life – Pharmac petition
On Wednesday 12th May at 12:30 pm representatives of Patient Voice Aotearoa will be presenting the ‘Sign for Life’ petition to Parliament. This Petition is calling for a reform of Pharmac and doubling the budget Pharmac currently receives immediately, with a plan to triple the budget of Pharmac within two years. Currently, Pharmac’s budget for […]
MS Information Review – We need your feedback!
To live well with MS information is vitally important to understand and best manage your condition. Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand (MSNZ) is currently reviewing the resources we make available to New Zealanders impacted by MS. Please help us ensure the information we provide is relevant and valuable to those diagnosed and supporting someone with MS […]
Personal ‘Bangers to Bluff’ Crusade to Keep MS Patients Wheelchair-free
Media Release – For Immediate Release 8 April 2021 Personal ‘Bangers to Bluff’ Crusade to Keep MS Patients Wheelchair-free For most, the annual Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay ‘Bangers to Bluff’ event is a chance to drive from Auckland to Bluff on roads less travelled to raise funds for charity. But for one […]
Update: Ocrelizumab for Primary Progressive MS
At the November 2020 meeting of PHARMAC’s Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC) further information was reviewed to support the application for funding of Ocrelizumab for Primary Progressive MS. At this meeting PTAC recommended listing with low priority and have requested further advice from the Neurological Subcommittee and the Multiple Sclerosis Treatments Advisory Committee (MSTAC). MSNZ […]