Late last year, PHARMAC announced the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin (Jardiance®) and empagliflozin with metformin (Jardiamet®) will be funded for the treatment of type 2 diabetes under Special Authority.

Find out all you need to know about the Special Authority criteria. 

If you are a GP practising in New Zealand and would like to use a data analytics tool that can help you assess your prescribing with respect to type-2 diabetes, and allow you to compare your prescribing behaviour to your peers, then sign up now. To sign up to EPiC, simply click here to begin the two-step sign up process. 

In this webinar, Dr Rinki Murphy discusses the issue of inequity in diabetes care. You can watch this webinar here or in ELearning.