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Ontario may lift ban preventing major pharmacies from selling private-label generic drugs
21 March 2019 - Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is considering lifting a ban that prevents major pharmacy chains from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2019
PBAC Report - Options for listing PD-(L)1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple cancer indications on the PBS
22 March 2019 - The PBAC Report to the Minister for Health on “Options for listing PD(L)-1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2019
NICE terminates yet another assessment of a cancer medicine
20 March 2019 - This time it is pembrolizumab (Keytruda). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2019
Why Ontario parents could soon be paying more for prescription drugs
22 March 2019 - Some Ontario parents will be paying more for their kids’ medicine starting next month. Young adults ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2019
Is Orkambi deal close? Vertex meets again today with NHS England
21 March 2019 - Campaigners hopes rise after three year wait. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
York man Paul Thomas-Peter says he could die because NHS won't fund drug
19 March 2019 - A York cancer patient says he could die because the NHS refuses to fund immunotherapy treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Unprecedented drug shortage linked to Brexit, NHS bosses say
20 March 2019 - Hospitals across England are experiencing medicine shortages due to "stockpiling and price pressure as the Brexit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Where is the champion for Pharmacare?
20 March 2019 - With the possible exception of a few drug company executives, Canadians overwhelmingly support universal pharmacare — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
National drug agency touted as building block of Pharmacare plan
19 March 2019 - The Trudeau Liberals’ new budget promises a new agency to buy drugs in bulk and cut ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
The shadow of Brexit on speed of access
20 March 2019 - No-one can miss the ongoing saga that is the UK’s exit from the European Union. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Cancer Society slams PHARMAC's treatment of patients
20 March 2019 - The Cancer Society says New Zealand patients are worse off than those in Australia. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Roche and the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance complete negotiations for multiple sclerosis treatment, Ocrevus (ocrelizumab), for both RRMS and PPMS
19 March 2019 - Roche Canada today announced that it has completed negotiations with the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2019
Canada to create national drug agency to help cut cost of medicines
20 March 2019 - Canada will create a national drug agency to help cut the cost of prescription medications as part ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
NICE wants to stop saying ‘no’ – but needs pharma’s co-operation
18 March 2019 - Suggests Orkambi row has undermined confidence in NICE process. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Private health insurance costs the biggest household spending concern, survey finds
19 March 2019 - Private health insurance costs have overtaken electricity bills as the biggest household spending worry, according to ...