It's expected about 2300 people will have the new drugs funded in the next five years.

To address this, the government has allocated Pharmac its largest-ever budget of $6.294 billion over the next four years.

Notably, a subsidiary of the company recently received the USFDA’s (United States Food and Drug Administration) approval for the Posaconazole Injection to prevent severe fungal infections.

Two new cancer drugs will be funded in the next two months as part of the Government’s $604 million boost to the budget of New Zealand’s drug-buying agency ...

They include: Isavuconazole (Cresemba) Itraconazole (Onmel) Voriconazole (Vfend) Posaconazole (Noxafil) Some newer drugs, ...

Pharmac’s Director of Pharmaceuticals, Geraldine MacGibbon, says Pharmac is really pleased to announce our first decision for cancer medicines since the Government provided additional funding in June ...

Potent inhibitors of both CYP3A4 and P-gp include azole antifungals (e.g., ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole) and protease inhibitors (e.g., atanazavir). INR: International ...

Karen Stirrat believe families may find answers in the technical details While in Florida for proton beam therapy, she discovered her son had been given the drug Posaconazole by the Scottish hospital.

She said: "When he was first given the posaconazole in 2017, I was told by the doctors and nurses that it was to protect their lungs from the environment." Ms Ferguson has now been diagnosed with ...