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NICE rejects Lilly’s breast cancer drug Verzenios
19 October 2018 - As it stands Eli Lilly’s Verzenios will not be routinely funded on the NHS for breast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2018
Northland mum Alethea Nathan with lung cancer pleads for publicly-funded medicine
19 October 2018 - Alethea Nathan has lung cancer, she is relying on her Life Insurance payout to cover the high ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2018
NHS green light for Novartis skin cancer combo
18 October 2018 - The NHS now has three months to ensure that Novartis’ combination therapy dabrafenib/trametinib is routinely available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2018
Lojuxta to be reimbursed in France
17 October 2018 - Amryt's lead commercial product now available in all five of the EU's largest markets ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2018
Further hepatitis C drug delay 'cruel'
18 October 2018 - PHARMAC's decision to extend consultation on introducing new hepatitis C drugs is cruel and devastating for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Cystic fibrosis patients worry about future of 'life-changing' drug
16 October 2018 - A drug review body has recommended the drug not be covered by public benefit programs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
New checks to crack down on free prescription fraud
14 October 2018 - Patients claiming free prescriptions in England face checks before medicine is issued in an effort to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Model structuring for economic evaluations of new health technologies
17 October 2018 - In countries such as Australia, the UK and Canada, decisions on whether to fund new health technologies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Drug companies need to make costs more reasonable
16 October 2018 - Hundreds of women and their families marched on Parliament today to urge the funding of two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Breast cancer sufferers march on Parliament calling on PHARMAC to fund two 'game-changer' drugs
16 October 2018 - Women with breast cancer and their supporters marched to Parliament today calling for PHARMAC to fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2018
Proposal to award sole supply and change some anti-retroviral brands
16 October 2018 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to make several changes to funding of anti-retroviral therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2018
Te Awamutu mother fights for cancer drug dollars as clock winds down
15 October 2018 - Hussey wants funding for Ibrance, and will travel to Wellington to help present a petition. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Cancer patients fight for life-extending drugs: 'everyone deserves a decent chance
15 October 2018 - Krystal Hekau can't afford housing but has been told the drugs to keep her alive will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
New diabetes medicine funded by PHARMAC not what the doctors ordered
15 October 2018 - As of October, PHARMAC is funding a new Type 2 diabetes medicine called vildagliptin. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2018
Tauranga cancer sufferer Tracy Barr-Smith's fighting for a longer life
13 October 2018 - Barr-Smith has stage four metastatic breast cancer – advanced breast cancer which has spread to other parts ...