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NHS cancer nurse who crowdfunded her own cancer drug treatment thanks donors for extending her life
31 May 2018 - ‘I would love all drugs to be available on the NHS but it is not a bottomless ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2018
Health funds plot to dump cover for breast cancer from most policies
31 May 2018 - Women will have to buy top health cover if they want to be insured for breast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2018
Pfizer's Xalkori makes it onto Cancer Drugs Fund
31 May 2018 - NICE has published draft guidance recommending that Pfizer's Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat ROS1-positive advanced non-small-cell lung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2018
Decision to remove restrictions from, and award a tender to, candesartan cilexetil
31 May 2018 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to remove the funding restrictions on candesartan cilexetil, in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2018
Complaints against surgeons triple amid backlash against health cover con
29 May 2018 - Aa doctors blame a few bad apples for mammoth out-of-pocket health care costs, fed-up patients are again ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2018
Saving Sarah: cop starting cancer treatment next month after $80k in donations
29 May 2018 - Thanks to generous Kiwis donating more than $80,000, West Auckland detective Sarah Cato will start a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2018
Orkambi: Hunt PBS comments raise cautious hope
30 May 2018 - There is very cautious hope in the region’s cystic fibrosis community for access to a life-changing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2018
Cure prospects for out of pocket pain
29 May 2018 - The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the consensus now developing on measures needed to resolve the issue ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Cancer-killing CAR T-cell immunotherapy to become more accessible to patients
29 May 2018 - Cancer patients would have access to an off-the-shelf immunotherapies to reprogram their immune system to fight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Boots faces probe over NHS drug prices
27 May 2018 - High street pharmacy charged £3,220 for pain-relieving mouthwash that can cost £93. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Australians must understand and question surgical fees for better health outcomes
29 May 2018 - In 2017, Australia's hospitals admitted about 748,000 patients, an increase of almost 3% in both emergency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Out-of-pocket costs causing Australians to leave private health insurance
28 May 2018 - Australia's private healthcare system is showing signs of strain with people leaving private health insurance for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Health insurer HCF looks to start-ups, innovation to help retain members
28 May 2018 - Australia's third largest health insurer HCF is betting on its start-up accelerator Catalyst to help it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
Medicines have prices slashed from June
27 May 2018 - The Turnbull government is subsidising a range of life-changing medicines from June 1, including one for chronic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2018
ACCC loses appeal against Pfizer over Lipitor sales
25 May 2018 - A court has dismissed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission appeal in a case in which ...