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Privately insured patients get VIP treatment in public hospitals
26 August 2019 - Public hospital admission is meant to be based on need. But it turns out private patients are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2019
Australia could be world leader with its digital medical data banks
26 August 2019 - Australia is behind global peers in adopting technology in healthcare but it has an opportunity to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2019
Cannabis oil too expensive to prescribe to epileptic children on NHS, advisory body finds
23 August 2019 - A cannabis drug used to treat children with epilepsy is too expensive to prescribe even though ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2019
Opioid addiction meds to be free under PBS
25 August 2019 - The more than 110,000 Australians struggling with opioid dependency could have access to medication to help ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2019
Companies file suit in Canada challenging new rules to lower drug prices
23 August 2019 - Five pharmaceutical companies said on Friday they have filed a complaint in a Canadian court challenging ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Recommendations made by the PBAC - July 2019
23 August 2019 - The recommendations from the July 2019 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Australia’s deadliest cancer has a new treatment
23 August 2019 - A powerful new combination treatment for Australia’s deadliest cancer has been approved for subsidy in a move ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
‘Life saving’ news for Gold Coast family after little Beau allowed to take drug Orkambi to slow cystic fibrosis diagnosis
23 August 2019 - When this Gold Coast girl blew out candles for her 10th birthday yesterday, she did not wish ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
NICE to work with company on addressing issues in appraisals of cannabidiol for treating difficult to control epilepsies
23 August 2019 - NICE has today announced its intention to work with GW Pharma to address the issues highlighted by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
PTAC continues to find new ways to reject new medicines (Part 2)
23 August 2019 - More startling insights from the minutes of the May 2019 PTAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Chemist Warehouse continues store expansion, set to open one of its largest stores yet
22 August 2019 - Chemist Warehouse operates eight stores in New Zealand currently. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Updated procedure and submission guidelines for the CADTH Common Drug Review
22 August 2019 - The Procedure and Submission Guidelines for the CADTH Common Drug Review has been updated with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Breast cancer patients in Northland poised for publicly-funded medicines
23 August 2019 - Breast cancer patient Denise Lemmen won't benefit from a proposal to publicly-fund new cancer treatments but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Sir Andrew Dillon to stand down as NICE chief executive
22 August 2019 - Sir Andrew Dillon has announced his intention to stand down as NICE chief executive next year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
ABPI position on US trade deal and medicines pricing
21 August 2019 - In response to concerns about the impact a US trade deal would have on medicine pricing, ...