Greetings to everyone as the days draw in. We are intending to generate some heat with various planned activities over the next month. There has been considerable media attention around Pharmac and the issue of delays and lack of drug funding of novel medicines in relation to solid cancers such as breast cancer and other...Continue Reading

Greetings.  Spring is in the air and the end of the year is fast approaching. Save the Date    The final patient seminar and end of year function will be Wednesday, 12 December 2018.   Details to follow soon. Website We are continually adding fresh content and hope that people are finding the articles of interest. ...Continue Reading

Greetings as the days get shorter. Thanks to all the people who turned out for our last Wellington seminar on February 21. Dr Rob Weinkove delivered a masterly talk on Car –T cell therapy which was very topical as clinical trials are likely to begin in Wellington by end of this year. The initial patients...Continue Reading

Happy New Year & greetings to you all Patient seminars: save the date Auckland on 28 February at North Shore Hospital Auditorium Wellington on 8 March at Russell McVeagh, Data Dimension House Click here or visit our Facebook page for details. I’m delighted that Dr Robert Weinkove from CCDHB and the Malaghan Research Institute has...Continue Reading

Greetings SAVE THE DATE: Patient Seminar 29 November, 5:30 – 7.30pm I’m delighted to advise that Dr Henry Chan from North Shore Hospital has agreed to come and speak to us on his recent work looking at multiple myeloma incidence and survival outcomes in New Zealand.  Dr Chan has just delivered a paper on this...Continue Reading

Welcome to the first newsletter from Myeloma New Zealand. Setting up a new entity from scratch was always going to take time but we have made significant strides over the last month and I am pleased to report on them.  I want to emphasise that we are determined to make this a patient-focused, patient-driven organisation...Continue Reading