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Canada's new drug price rules pushed to next year
1 June 2020 - Canada's drug pricing agency said on Monday that new regulations aimed at lowering costs would come ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2020
Expanded PBS medicines listings to provide new treatment options for over 170,000 asthmatics, and new hope for blood cancer patients
1 June 2020 - Australians with asthma and multiple myeloma will have broader access to life changing medicines as a result ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2020
New combination therapy now reimbursed for Australians living with incurable blood cancer
1 June 2020 - New combination therapy now reimbursed for Australians living with incurable blood cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2020
Pharmacist claiming of paracetamol 500 mg with codeine 30 mg tablet prescriptions from 1 June 2020
1 June 2020 - Commencing 1 June 2020, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings for opioid medicines will change. Included in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2020
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2020
1 June 2020 - The June 2020 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2020
Greater flexibility for Australians with severe asthma with reimbursement of at-home
1 June 2020 - Greater flexibility for Australians with severe asthma with reimbursement of at-home, self-administration delivery of Nucala (mepolizumab) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2020
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 June 2020
1 June 2020 - The June 2020 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
27 May 2020 - The drugs have become household names in Australia: oxycodone, codeine, morphine and tramadol. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
COVID-19: UK authorises anti-viral drug remdesivir
26 May 2020 - A drug treatment called remdesivir that appears to shorten recovery time for people with coronavirus is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
27 May 2020 - An additional two million flu vaccines will available from this week bringing the total number available in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
NICE issues final guidance on NHS use of Bayer's Vitrakvi
27 May 2020 - The NICE has published final guidance recommending NHS use of Bayer's Vitrakvi (larotrectinib) for a variety ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
NICE recommends treatment for type of small-cell lung cancer
27 May 2020 - A new treatment option for patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer has been approved by NICE. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
B.C. mom’s drug pricing petition on behalf of son garners thousands of signatures
26 May 2020 - Petition geared to gaining access to new medicines drew support of Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
NICE Chairman Sharmila Nebhrajani begins her new role
26 May 2020 - NICE is delighted to announce that today Sharmila Nebhrajani, OBE, has taken up her position as its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
New biosimilar trastuzumab on the PBS - information for health professionals and patients
26 May 2020 - A biosimilar brand of trastuzumab (Trazimera) was listed on the PBS on 1 May 2020. ...