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Mum's battle for life-saving drug
12 October 2018 - At just 29 years of age, doting mother Kate McKenzie has faced more battles than anyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Ethics in health technology assessment: a systematic review
9 October 2018 - Integration of ethics into health technology assessment remains challenging for HTA practitioners. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Leukaemia treatment: patients ‘cured’ by new CAR-T therapy
12 October 2018 - Patients battling deadly leukaemia will be “cured” by a breathtaking new therapy that can kill cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Health insurance reform to make 'winners and losers'
11 October 2018 - Health insurance premiums will be shaken up and down by reforms due to start in April ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
ABPI tells MPs Brexit deal on medicines regulation ‘urgently needed’
11 October 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies “are doing everything in their power” to minimise disruption to the supply of medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Private health insurance simpler and cheaper for everyday Australians
11 October 2018 - New rules have been announced that will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
New drugs: how much are governments paying for innovation?
10 October 2018 - The medical innovation debate is also heated up due to the ongoing discussion on Health Technology Assessments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Picking winners & losers among cystic fibrosis patients
10 October 2018 - Twenty-five years ago, Nova Scotia’s then health minister, George Moody, became a national hero. He broke ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Funding for eye drug decreases wait times and treatment costs
11 October 2018 - Government funding for an eye disease drug has decreased wait times and the cost of treatment, an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
'Don't write us off': advanced breast cancer patients lobby for access to drugs
11 October 2018 - Nicki Ball, who has advanced breast cancer, has signed a petition calling on Pharmac to fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Terminally ill Kiwi mum forced to pay nearly $6,500 a month for unfunded drugs for her lung cancer
10 October 2018 - Karyn Robson and her family are paying $6,000 for her medication but time and funds are running ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
XLH patients to get routine access to first new therapy in 30 years
10 October 2018 - For the first time in more than 30 years children and young adults in England and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Evidence-based approach to funding choices more important than ever
10 October 2018 - Cancer will affect almost all New Zealanders at some point in their lives. Given the range ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Private health premiums could rise by 12 per cent next year, leaked modelling shows
10 October 2018 - Private health insurance premiums have been predicted to rise by up to 12 per cent for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Outdated public funding model failing New Zealand patients
9 October 2018 - Publicly funded modern medicines are out of reach for many patients in New Zealand according to ...