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Governments need better guidance to maximise value for money: the case of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
12 July 2016 - In Australia, the PBAC makes recommendations to the Minister for Health on which pharmaceuticals should be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2016
Drug that cures rare disease hereditary tyrosinaemia type 1 gets approval on Life Saving Drugs Program
9 July 2016 - Six weeks after the birth of their daughter Jeanette in 2001, Melbourne couple Faye and Youssef Azer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2016
Rare Cancers Australia lodges PBAC submission
8 July 2016 - Rare Cancers Australia has lodged a submission for the reimbursement of MSD's Zolinza (vorinistat) for cutaneous T-cell ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2016
Election 2016: 'Mediscare' makes Medicare reform harder
3 July 2016 - The success of Labor's Medicare scare campaign makes it more difficult for a Coalition or Labor government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2016
Public Summary Documents - March 2016 PBAC meeting
1 July 2016 - The Public Summary Documents (recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the March 2016 PBAC meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2016
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2016 update
1 July 2016 - The July 2016 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits does not include the listing of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jun 2016
Updated price disclosure arrangements procedural and operational guidelines
29 June 2016 - Updated price disclosure arrangements procedural and operational guidelines are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2016
Experimental immunotherapy drug reduces rare tumour size 'dramatically'
24 June 2016 - An experimental immunotherapy drug treatment has significantly reduced the size of a critically ill 36-year-old woman's rare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2016
PBS hospital medication charts
24 June 2016 - The PBS Hospital Medication Chart Project aims to improve the safety of medication management in Australian hospitals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2016
Removal of blood glucose test strips from the PBS on 1 July 2016
21 June 2016 - From 1 July 2016 blood glucose test strips will no longer be available on the PBS. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2016
Notification of outcomes for the 2016 October cycle of price disclosure
20 June 2016 - The Minister’s delegate will consider making the weighted average disclosed price determination for the 2016 October Cycle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2016
Valuing the benefits of new anti-cancer drugs
20 June 2016 - Improvements in survival and cancer-related symptoms must be weighed up against treatment-related adverse effects and financial burden. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2016
Cancer patients hurt by lack of informed choice on costs, options
20 June 2016 - Doctors who are not upfront with cancer patients about likely out-of-pocket costs and other options are causing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2016
Political parties commit support for community pharmacy model
17 June 2016 - With 17 days until the Federal election, the pharmacy and broader health policies of the political parties ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2016
Section 100 IVF Program - updated claiming arrangements
17 June 2016 - From 1 July 2016, approved suppliers will be required to submit a Reproductive Technology Accreditation Committee (RTAC) ...