MS: Busting the Myths
April 9, 2020 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Research, Support, Treatments
NOTE: This post was updated on the 9/04/2020, to reflect the requirements of Alert Level 4 and emerging data. Key updates: Updated information based on very early emerging data Updated information about your upcoming appointments Latest travel advice Information for […]
April 7, 2020 | Advocacy, Treatments
In February Pharmac published the minutes of the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee’s (PTAC) November 2019 meeting. The minutes reported the outcome of the meeting at which MSNZs submission to widen the Special Authority (SA) access criteria for disease modifying […]
October 7, 2019 | Advocacy, Life with MS, Treatments
Media Release – 7 October 2019 Hundreds with Multiple Sclerosis ‘Abandoned’ due to Pharmac Drug Access Criteria There’s concern that a Pharmac decision to fund the drug Ocrelizumab (Ocrevus) for certain patients with multiple sclerosis from December 1st will still […]
August 22, 2019 | Education, Event, Life with MS, Treatments
MS Taranaki NED TALKS on Brain Health: Time Matters Saturday 31st August, 10am to 3pm (lunch included) at Plymouth International (Quality Hotel), 220 Courtenay Street, New Plymouth. Hosted by Graham Walker, President MS Taranaki Inc with invited guests from the […]
August 9, 2019 | Life with MS, Treatments
Pharmac announced on Wednesday 7th August, that they are now publicly consulting on the proposed funding of Ocrelizumab for Relapsing Remitting MS. MSNZ welcomes this announcement which we have been advocating for since May 2017. To read more about our […]