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Click here to read the 2021 Annual Report of New Zealanders for Health Research

Despite references in the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act to “rapid assessment” the reality is that the process of gaining approval to develop and use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) typically takes months. Clinical research organisations which are developing new GMO based therapies for hitherto untreatable or hard to treat conditions, which have secured…

Health research is the single most important way in which we improve our healthcare – by identifying the best means to prevent, diagnose and treat conditions. So, we need to bolster delivery of innovative research across all phases, all conditions and right across New Zealand, as we work to build a better, more effective, health…

New Zealanders for Health Research (NZHR) was established in November 2015 to bring about increased investment in health research from government, industry and philanthropy. We believe that health research saves and improve peoples’ lives, and directly and indirectly contributes to New Zealand’s economic prosperity. We are therefore committed to ensuring that health research is fully…

On 31st March 2021 NZHR’s Chief Executive Chris Higgins appeared before and presented its submission on the Government’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2021 to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee. In our oral submission we expressed some cynicism that the 2021 budget appeared to be a predetermined “done deal”, observed that the 2021 wellbeing framework has…

The Productivity Commission’s report includes a general focus on the need for improved productivity to be driven by innovation through investment in research and development, with a specific focus on the role of health R&D. Much of the report’s commentary in this regard echoes issues that have been previously raised by NZHR, including the health…

NZHR has sent briefing papers to the incoming Ministers and Associate Ministers of Health and Research, Science and Innovation, with copies to Opposition party spokespeople, the Chief Executives of the Health Research Council and Ministry of Health, and the Prime Minister’s, MBIE’s and MoH’s Chief Science Advisors. We continue to advocate strongly for health research…

Click here to read the 2020 Annual Report of New Zealanders for Health Research

Poster presentation to the 2020 World Congress on Public Health, Rome