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Recommendations made by the PBAC - July 2018
17 August 2018 - The recommendations from the July 2018 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2018
NICE sticks with ‘no’ for use of Perjeta after breast cancer surgery
17 August 2018 - NICE is sticking with its position that Roche’s Perjeta is not cost-effective enough to be used ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2018
Post-market review of the use of biologics in the treatment of severe chronic plaque psoriasis
17 August 2018 - The PBAC minutes pertaining to the draft review report for the post-market review of the use of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Anxious wait for cystic fibrosis PBS announcement
17 August 2018 - The outcomes from the July 2018 PBAC meeting with be made public later today. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
NICE publishes draft guidance on new cellular therapy for Crohn's disease
16 August 2018 - The Department of Health and Social Care has asked NICE to produce guidance on using darvadstrocel in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
High and random medical gap costs revealed
16 August 2018 - The random scale and nature of out of pocket fees charged by medical specialists revealed in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
SMA groups outraged over UK rejection of Spinraza coverage as too expensive
16 August 2018 - Devastating. Heartbreaking. A death sentence for an estimated 1,000 children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Cancer patients wait 18 months for treatment
17 August 2018 - Australian cancer patients are being forced to wait up to 18 months for affordable access to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Promising more appraisal capacity, NICE revives industry fee idea
10 August 2018 - Rising workload and shrinking budget making charges inevitable. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2018
‘I wish they approved this new leukaemia drug two years ago, then I wouldn’t have had to go through hell’
12 August 2018 - Chloe Pinder was just 23 when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a very rare type ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2018
'You have the medicine that can make me feel much better': boy, 8, pens letter asking drug company to lower prices
14 August 2018 - Watch eight-year-old Luis Walker, who has cystic fibrosis, read his letter to a pharmaceutical company urging ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2018
The $30 billion in health costs eating a hole in your pocket
15 August 2018 - Australians are spending nearly $30 billion on out of pocket health expenses a year, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2018
More results needed before company renews push to list meningococcal B vaccine on PBS
15 August 2018 - A potentially life-saving meningococcal B vaccine is unlikely to become free to people across Australia this ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2018
'There will be a breach': Labor vows to fix My Health Record
14 August 2018 - The federal opposition has pledged to fight for wider changes to the government's electronic health records ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2018
Call for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to include subsidies for more rare cancer treatments
14 August 2018 - Oncologists say thousands of cancer patients are either missing out on medication or being forced to ...