At last, NICE to take over the Cancer Drugs Fund

7 March 2016 - The reincarnation of the Cancer Drugs Fund will benefit both NICE and the NHS. ...

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Supply of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues

9 March 2016 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues in New Zealand. ...

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NICE to reject Humira for inflammatory skin disease

8 March 2016 - Cost regulators for the NHS in England and Wales are leaning towards a ‘no’ on the use ...

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Scotland rejects cancer drugs Opdivo and Perjeta

7 March 2016 - The SMC has rejected Opdivo as a monotherapy for the treatment of advanced melanoma, and Perjeta for ...

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SMC - March 2016 decisions news release

7 March 2016 - The Scottish Medicines Consortium has today published advice accepting three new medicines for routine use in NHS ...

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'Real, urgent' plight for melanoma patients hoping for better Keytruda funding

7 March 2016 - Pharmac's assignment of a low-funding priority to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for advanced melanoma has brought cancer drug funding ...

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Drug spend a hard pill to swallow

6 March 2016 - If my child was dying of a disease and there was a drug that could help her ...

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Melanoma drug Keytruda should be funded in NZ, Labour says

6 March 2016 - The melanoma drug Keytruda should be funded here, Labour says -- despite the head of PHARMAC saying ...

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Public summary documents - PBAC November 2015 meeting

4 March 2016 - The public summary documents (recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the November 2015 PBAC meeting ...

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Public release documents - DUSC October 2015 meeting

4 March 2016 - The public release documents from the utilisation analyses considered at the October 2015 DUSC meeting are now ...

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Post-market reviews of COPD medicines and ezetimibe – public consultation

4 March 2016 - The public submission process is now open for the Post-market Reviews of ezetimibe and medicines for COPD. The ...

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Cancer drugs - the case for Keytruda

3 March 2016 - Is Pharmac’s decision not to prioritise funding melanoma drug Keytruda a case of “putting money before people”, ...

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Great voice heard

3 March 2016 - The NZ Government has all but promised that a melanoma drug will be funded by Pharmac after ...

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Tough choices in melanoma drug debate

2 March 2016 - Consider this, you're a multinational company peddling a relatively new melanoma cancer drug that's been effective for ...

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UK cost agency rejects leukaemia drug from J&J and AbbVie

1 March 2016 - A new leukaemia drug viewed by industry experts as a future blockbuster has been rejected by Britain's ...

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