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NICE would welcome further discussions about access to spinal muscular atrophy drug nusinersen
14 August 2018 - NICE hopes for further talks over nusinersen for treating a rare genetic disorder; spinal muscular atrophy. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Calls to make cancer drugs more affordable
14 August 2018 - Cancer patients and oncologists are calling for more cancer drugs to be subsidised on the PBS amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
SMC - August 2018 decisions
13 August 2018 - The SMC, which advises on newly licensed medicines for use by NHSScotland, has today published advice accepting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Melbourne man spends $80,000 on the miracle cancer drug that saved his life
13 August 2018 - Diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in 2017, John Burke should, in his words, be “gone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Declining HIV numbers bolstered by new prevention drug but more data needed
13 August 2018 - PHARMAC's decision earlier this year to fund anti-retroviral drug Truvada as a preventive treatment was hailed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
MS patient tells of stress of meeting PHARMAC criteria
14 August 2018 - When Auckland man Brendan Rochford stopped being able to walk 500 m unaided, he lost his ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Breast cancer sufferer calls for life-saving Kadcyla drug to be publicly funded
13 August 2018 - A cancer sufferer is calling for PHARMAC to fund a potentially life-saving drug. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Fewer Australians are dying from hepatitis C, but thousands are still missing out on treatment
13 August 2018 - The number of Australians dying from liver failure and liver cancer related to hepatitis C has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2018
Duncan Garner: Dr Clark, this is life or death, please help
11 August 2018 - Health Minister David Clark promised in 2017 to provide cancer patients with world-class treatments. We're not seeing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2018
MAESTrO Database on exhibit at ISPOR Asia-Pacific Conference
12 August 2018 - Exciting new features to be launched at the conference. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2018
CF patients furious as Vertex turns back on NICE
10 August 2018 - A group of cystic fibrosis patients could be denied access to a cutting-edge therapy after manufacturer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2018
Biosimilars for insulin: a cost-saving alternative?
11 August 2018 - The expiry of patents on an insulin analogue has opened the market to the production of biosimilar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2018
My Health Record opt-out period extended
10 August 2018 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has formally extended the opt-out period for My Health Record, as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2018
August 2018 PBAC special meeting – public submissions now available
10 August 2018 - Public submissions to the August 2018 PBAC meeting regarding PD-1 and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapies: options for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2018
New from CADTH: Pharmaceutical Reviews Update
9 August 2018 - CADTH is pleased to announce the launch of its new Pharmaceutical Reviews Update newsletter. ...