Summarised by Centrist
Dr Eric Crampton, from think tank New Zealand Initiative, suggests New Zealand adopt a “Rule of Two” for faster access to medicines, akin to its approach to car model regulations.
His proposal is to approve drugs already cleared by two reputable foreign agencies, allowing Medsafe to focus on genuinely risky cases.
This approach, studied by University of Canterbury students, could potentially expedite access to safe drugs like Ozempic without compromising safety.
“We’ve really failed as a nation to foster healthy democratic discourse when we’ve got one-third of us too scared to talk about it.”
Collective land ownership has always been a barrier to borrowing.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands are “not seeing eye to eye.”
A “turning point.”
“Urging farmers to ‘help out with data’ is tantamount to asking them to dig their own graves.”
“Fantastic technology if you want to deal with anti-money laundering.”
“We’ve really failed as a nation to foster healthy democratic discourse when we’ve got one-third of us too scared to talk about it.”
Collective land ownership has always been a barrier to borrowing.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands are “not seeing eye to eye.”
A “turning point.”
“Urging farmers to ‘help out with data’ is tantamount to asking them to dig their own graves.”
“Fantastic technology if you want to deal with anti-money laundering.”
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