The government’s prolonged decision regarding procurement of medical devices will definitely be made this year, says associate health minister (Pharmac) David Seymour.
He has also empowered Pharmac and Medsafe to explore using artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up their processes.
Seymour told the MTANZ conference in June last year that contracting for medical devices will either be “all in or all out” of Pharmac within a year, but now hopes to have the decision made within the next month.
