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Defining the non-inferiority margin and analysing non-inferiority: an overview
6 March 2017 - Non-inferiority trials are used to assess whether the effect of a new drug is not worse than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Women make plea ahead of decision on breast cancer drug Kadcyla
6 March 2017 - A mother campaigning for a life-extending breast cancer drug to be made available on the NHS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
CADTH publishes initial recommendations for three medicines for non-small-cell lung cancer
3 March 2016 - The outcome for three medicines, ceritinib (Zykadia), osimertinib mesylate (Tagrisso) and alectinib hydrochloride (Alecensaro), demonstrate the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Patients' medical payments can vary up to 400% among specialists, report finds
6 March 2017 - There is a massive variation in the out-of-pocket payments patients make to medical specialists, both within ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
NICE publishes draft guidance on the use of etelcalcetide for secondary hyperparathyroidism
3 March 2017 - The Department of Health has asked the NICE to produce guidance on the use of etelcalcetide hydrochloride ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Drug pricing report shows scope for more savings
6 March 2017 - The savings to the taxpayer in reducing the cost to Government of prescribed pharmaceuticals has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Response to the Grattan Institute Report on medicine prices
6 March 2017 - Medicines Australia does not accept the findings of this latest inaccurate, selective and misleading Grattan Report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder review - stakeholder forum
6 March 2017 - A stakeholder forum will be held for the post-market review of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder medicines on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2017
Australians paying four times above international prices for drugs
5 March 2017 - Yet another report from the Grattan Institute on the prices of off-patent medicines in the PBS; ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2017
Public Summary Documents - PBAC November 2016 meeting
3 March 2017 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the PBAC November 2016 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2017
States urge hospitals to bill insurers
4 March 2017 - State governments are actively encouraging public hospitals to bill health insurers for their members’ treatment, driving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2017
Agenda for the 8 March 2017 TC meeting
3 March 2017 - HAS has posted the agenda for the next scheduled TC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2017
The scandal of generic drug pricing: drug regulation policies need review
23 February 2017 - We welcome the news that the Competitions and Market Authority is now taking drug companies such as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2017
How to slash half a billion dollars a year from Australia’s drugs bill
3 March 2017 - Australia is spending more than A$500 million a year too much for pharmaceuticals because of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2017
NICE expands positive recommendation for Erbitux as first-line treatment for RAS wild type mCRC
2 March 2017 - NICE’s recommendation is a significant step forward in Merck’s aspiration to ensure cancer patients have optimal ...