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ACCC takes health fund NIB to court over concealing changes to its MediGap Scheme
30 May 2017 - The consumer watchdog has taken health fund NIB to court, accusing it of concealing changes to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Health Minister Greg Hunt shoots down department's secret hospital plan
29 May 2017 - Health department bosses have described their radical proposal to remake hospital funding as "future gazing" after ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
UK’s NICE recommends Novartis’ Afinitor to treat neuroendocrine tumours
29 May 2017 - The UK’s NICE has recommended Novartis’ Afinitor (everolimus) to treat unresectable or metastatic neuroendocrine tumours in patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
CADTH publishes final recommendations for two Servier medicines
25 May 2017 - CADTH has published outcomes for edoxaban tosylate (Lixiana) and ivabradine hydrochloride (Lancora). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Leaked documents reveal secret plan for radical hospital overhaul
29 May 2017 - The private health insurance rebate would be abolished, consumers would be charged more for extras cover and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Shock surgical costs around New Zealand
30 May 2017 - Leading health insurer heads effort to make surgery costs transparent & consistent. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Draft report for the post-market review of COPD medicines
29 May 2017 - The draft report for the post-market review of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medicines is available for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2017
IVF options for older women curtailed as government views Medicare costs
28 May 2017 - IVF options for older women curtailed as government views Medicare costs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2017
US drug prices are so high that Canada wants other countries as reference points
22 May 2017 - How high are drug prices in the US? So high that the Canadian government may remove ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2017
Conservatism and the cancer drugs fund
24 May 2017 - Are some patients—and some people— more deserving than others? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
Earlier access to new drugs could solve Canada's affordability crisis
23 May 2017 - Policymakers are fiercely debating how to tackle the soaring costs of prescription drugs in Canada. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
Transparency Commission publishes its review of Keytruda's SMR & ASMR
22 May 2017 - The Transparency Commission has reviewed its SMR & ASMR ratings of pembrolizumab for malignant melanoma. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
CADTH recommends reimbursement of Gilead's Odefsey
25 May 2017 - The CADTH Canadian Drug Expert Committee has recommended that emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir alafenamide be reimbursed as a complete ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2017
New medicines funding for breast cancer still elusive
25 May 2017 - The Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition (BCAC) welcomes new funding for the Government’s drug-buying agency, PHARMAC, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2017
NICE terminates appraisal of afatinib dimaleate
24 May 2017 - NICE was to assess afatinib dimaleate for treatment of patients with advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer ...