Government to enable medicines to be approved in less than 30 days if the product has approval from two recognised overseas jurisdictions.    Our cause supports reduced wait times for patients to access treatments that will be life-changing. Sufficient funding will be paramount. #accesstotreatmentisaccesstolife #lungcancermatters https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/rule-two-faster-access-medicines?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content&fbclid=IwY2xjawJceDBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVMsp0J_j1FpMRBs_FOqtqXozGcde_SBfTvcOt2Yw-rcvo2y3lYYY817zw_aem_A614R4207mJ75IdL8UtEOQ

Lung Cancer Patient Advocate Ben Wilson of Tuakau (South of Auckland) is a funeral director and celebrant. Ben is 39 years of age. He lives with his fiancée Emma. Together they share 4 children; Logan, Grace, Isaac and Peyton. Ben is the Deputy Chief Fire Officer for the Tuakau Volunteer Fire Brigade. Grateful thanks to Ben […]

Lung Foundation NZ was one of the patient groups that took part in the review of Pharmac in the form of interactive workshops for sector leaders held in Wellington. This included delivering presentations, peer review and providing submissions to inform the final report. #accesstotreatmentisaccesstolife #lungcancermatters https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/pharmac-consumer-engagement-workshop-report-welcomed?fbclid=IwY2xjawJcEfhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWKIncXmhD73JhE_ONrSrD4U3WL2xuYO9wZ6AVum06gH0lTfeh2FupRRAw_aem_3dPCxqZZz31nEZ7sl8V8KA

The funding announcement for osimertinib is a breath of equity because it meets the greatest treatment need right now. Osimertinib is the gold standard for EGFR, stage 4, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and it will be life changing for patients and their families. We want to acknowledge the leaders and clinical advisors at Pharmac […]

Help Raise Awareness about The Symptoms of Lung Cancer by sharing our BREATHE poster LFNZ-BREATHE-Symptoms-Poster Help raise awareness about Lung Cancer Risk Factors by sharing our Risk Factors poster Risk If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with lung cancer, please view and share our patient introductory letter. We are here to […]

Valuing Life – Medicines Access Summit held at The Grand Hall in the Parliament Buildings, hosted by Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health. Lung Foundation New Zealand is participating in the summit and we acknowledge Patient Voice Aotearoa and Medicines NZ for organising this important event. Click to view the programme https://www.valuinglife.nz/

A coalition of New Zealand’s leading cancer charities, CANGO (Cancer Non-Governmental Organisations) has issued an urgent call to our political parties ahead of the election, to take action on cancer. Cancer remains New Zealand’s single biggest cause of deathand 75,000 Kiwis will be diagnosed with it during the next term of government. Although great strides […]

“This funding proposal meets the greatest treatment need right now with the gold standard for lung cancer and it will be life changing for stage 4 non-small cell lung cancer patients (approx. 1200 per year).” “We are ever grateful to the huge number of brave patients and their family’s who have added impact to our […]