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Trump threatens to use US trade talks to force NHS to pay more for drugs
15 May 2018 - Donald Trump is ready to use trade talks to force the National Health Service to pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2018
Patient empowerment in Europe: is no further research needed?
15 May 2018 - In economic theory, health care can be considered a clear example of ‘market failure’ caused by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2018
Hoping and praying Prime Minister will promise to deliver on prostate cancer
16 May 2018 - Across Australia, hundreds of men with advanced prostate cancer are praying that a brief encounter with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 May 2018
Cystic fibrosis drug Orkambi should be on PBS: Wagga teen Bella Ingram wants to help others to access ‘pink pills of hope’
14 May 2018 - Bella Ingram is a fighter. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Price cuts secure NHS place for MS drugs
14 May 2018 - NICE is now backing a trio of therapies to treat relapsing remitting forms of multiple sclerosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
The Scottish Medicines Consortium accepts use of Kyntheum (brodalumab) for eligible patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis
11 May 2018 - The SMC has issued advice accepting brodalumab 210 mg for restricted use within NHS Scotland. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Seven drugs available in England but not Scotland, Holyrood hears
11 May 2018 - Seven drugs to treat patients with a range of conditions from cancer to muscular dystrophy are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
President Donald Trump wants to build a drug cartel – and wants New Zealand to pay for it
13 May 2018 - Accusing other countries of "freeloading", US President Donald Trump has announced plans to make countries like ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Jacinda Ardern: PHARMAC will be protected in trade deals after Trump threats
12 May 2018 - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has assured New Zealanders that PHARMAC will be protected in future trade ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Health research and consumers: good thinking
14 May 2018 - One of Australia’s top medical researchers, Professor Ian Frazer AC, has called on Australians to consider ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2018
Decision to widen access and change the funded brand of tenofovir disoproxil and entecavir
14 May 2018 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce decisions to approve agreements with Teva Pharma New Zealand Limited and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2018
Can Donald Trump really change the cost of New Zealand drugs?
13 May 2018 - In a speech announcing "the most sweeping action in history to lower prices for prescription drugs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2018
Agenda for 16 May TC meeting
11 May 2018 - HAS has posted the agenda for the next scheduled TC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 May 2018
Decision to fund mercaptopurine oral suspension
10 May 2018 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of an agreement with Link Pharmaceuticals Limited for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2018
Call for Scottish breast cancer drug deal
10 May 2018 - Ruth Davidson has called for a deal to allow a breast cancer drug that is offered ...