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Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommendations in Australia
16 December 2017 - The aim of this study was to examine submissions made to the PBAC and assess whether the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2017
Recommendations made by the PBAC - November 2017
15 December 2017 - The recommendations from the November 2017 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2017
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2016-17
14 December 2017 - From 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, approximately 85 million under co-payment prescriptions were supplied ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2017
Submissions for health insurance premiums increased knocked back
13 December 2017 - Health insurance providers are getting knocked back on their proposed premium hikes for 2018 because they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2017
Bill Shorten commits to 53 million dollar plan to 'make HIV history' in Australia
10 December 2017 - People at high risk of HIV would be given cheap access to a breakthrough preventative medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2017
Rare cancer treatment a success for Jie Eccles
9 December 2017 - Six months ago Jie wrote an open letter to the readers of news.com.au asking them to help ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2017
Consumer outcome statement for the post-market review of PAH medicines
8 December 2017 - A consumer session was held with patients with PAH and their carers during the PHAA Members Carers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2017
Post-market review of the use of biologics in the treatment of severe chronic plaque psoriasis - stakeholder forum outcome
8 December 2017 - A stakeholder forum was held for the post-market review of the use of biologics in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2017
Consumers’ voice drives digital health
7 December 2017 - Health consumers are central to the design and delivery of a digital transformed health sector and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2017
Growth of private care in public hospitals raises equity questions
6 December 2017 - A new report showing that public patients wait twice as long for elective surgery as private ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2017
International harmonisation of ingredient names – update on PBS changes
6 December 2017 - While some of the changes to active ingredient names have already appeared in the PBS Schedule, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2017
Direct supply risks
6 December 2017 - The proliferation of exclusive direct supply arrangements has the potential to put at risk the core ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2017
How giving private patients priority in public hospitals is pushing up health fund premiums
6 December 2017 - Privately insured patients are jumping the queues for surgery in public hospitals and getting treated twice ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2017
The Webster family spent their life savings to save their son Matthew after rare cancer diagnosis
3 December 2017 - When David and Jennifer Webster’s son Matthew was diagnosed with a rare cancer, they didn’t think ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2017
Adelaide mum makes plea for cystic fibrosis drug to be added to PBS
5 December 2017 - At 30 years old, Adelaide mother-of-two Emmah Evans may have just seven years left to live. ...