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Health insurance comparison sites don’t address affordability: ombudsman
9 August 2017 - Comparison tools will not address the rising affordability concerns with health insurance, the commonwealth ombudsman has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2017
'We've got a health system that's the envy of the world,' minister tells cancer charities
9 August 2017 - The world is green with envy when it looks at our health system, Health Minister Jonathan ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2017
New report proposes radical reforms for rare cancer regulation
9 August 2017 - The first Lauren Poole had heard of epithelioid sarcoma was the day she was told her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2017
Thousands more people could be offered drugs to prevent bone fractures because of osteoporosis
9 August 2017 - NICE has published new guidance on the use of drugs called bisphosphonates for preventing bone fractures in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Blood cancer drug accepted for NHS use in Scotland
7 August 2017 - A drug which can increase survival rates for blood cell cancer sufferers has been accepted for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Health insurance demands robust rethink to restore value for consumers
7 August 2017 - Widespread and growing community frustration with the cost and inadequacies of private health insurance oblige the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Promoting consumer involvement in medicine decisions welcomed
7 August 2017 - The appointment of consumer leader, Jo Watson, as the inaugural deputy chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
PrEP: HIV 'game-changer' to reach NHS in England from September
3 August 2017 - The NHS in England has announced it will finally give people a drug to dramatically reduce ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
SMC - August 2017 decisions
7 August 2017 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has today published advice accepting three new medicines for routine use by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Breakthrough HIV drug: authorities reconsider decision to block cheap access
7 August 2017 - People at high risk of HIV could soon get cheap access to a breakthrough preventative drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
New appointments to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
7 August 2017 - The Minister for Health has made further appointments to the membership of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
RFP - supply of a first line enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of Gaucher disease
7 August 2017 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of a first line enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
Sask. woman calls on government to cover cystic fibrosis drug
4 August 2017 - A Beauval, Sask. woman wants the Canadian government to cover an expensive drug for her cystic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2017
NICE issues draft guidance on Almirall’s Skilarence for psoriasis
4 August 2017 - NICE, the cost-effectiveness watchdog for England, has issued draft guidance recommending Skilarence (dimethyl fumarate). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2017
Medibank calls for patient consent, fee disclosure
7 August 2017 - Medibank is calling on the Turnbull government to increase transparency in the health care system and ...