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Price disclosure 2018 October cycle outcomes summary
21 June 2018 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2018 October Cycle (Fifth Remove Originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2018
Minister rings up healthy dinner bill for conference delegates
15 June 2018 - Tax payers forked out over A$100,000 for Health Minister Greg Hunt to host a dinner in Brisbane ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Google is training machines to predict when a patient will die
19 June 2018 - The advances coming from the Medical Brain team give Google the chance to break into a brand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Health care at critical point, says Medibank
20 June 2018 - Medibank boss Craig Drummond warns the health care sector is at a critical point as he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Patients call for end to two-year row over cystic fibrosis drug funding
19 June 2018 - UK patients are stepping up efforts to resolve the “heartbreaking” row that is denying their families ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Tax rises on the horizon for NHS budget hike
19 June 2018 - Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that tax rises will be necessary to help fund the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2018
Prime Minister reveals £20 billion a year boost for NHS
18 June 2018 - By 2023/24 there will be £20 billion more a year being spent on the NHS “in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2018
Personalised medicine and pay for performance: should pharmaceutical firms be fully penalised when treatment fails?
17 June 2018 - In this article, we model the behaviour of a pharmaceutical firm that has marketing authorisation for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2018
Drug patents could be Canada's special weapon in U.S. trade dispute
16 June 2018 - Taking an 'asymmetrical' approach and targeting U.S. intellectual property has worked in the past, experts say. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2018
Rare disease therapy Crysvita to be barred from NHS
15 June 2018 - Children and young people with X-linked hypophosphataemia are unlikely to get routine access to Kyowa Kirin’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2018
Adding pertuzumab to existing treatments after surgery for early breast cancer not cost effective, says NICE in draft guidance
15 June 2018 - Women with a type of early breast cancer may not benefit from continuing or starting a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2018
ALP 2% health insurance premium cap to hit margins
14 June 2018 - Bill Shorten’s plan to freeze health insurance premium increases at 2% will add pressure to insurers’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2018
Health care system performs well, but faces challenges
14 June 2018 - The latest snapshot of the quality of New Zealand’s health care shows a health system that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2018
From EpiPens to antibiotics, report finds Canada's drug shortages could be getting worse
13 June 2018 - Researchers find 1 in 10 drugs sold in Canada are back-ordered or discontinued. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jun 2018
Building synergy between regulatory and HTA agencies beyond processes and procedures—can we effectively align the evidentiary requirements? A survey of stakeholder perceptions
13 June 2018 - The pathway for bringing a new medicine to the market is dependent on two sequential processes: achieving ...