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Changes to funded vaccines in the National Immunisation Schedule
30 July 2019 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce decisions related to the National Immunisation Schedule that will take effect ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2019
Frustrated cancer patient's husband mulls new political party
29 July 2019 - The frustrated husband of a cancer patient says he's considering starting a political party amid delays ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
Multi-criteria decision analysis for health technology assessment: addressing methodological challenges to improve the state of the art
28 July 2019 - Multi-criteria decision analysis concepts, models and tools have been used increasingly in health technology assessment, with several ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
National would establish a National Cancer Agency - but Government says new anti-cancer measures are already being finalised
28 July 2019 - National Party Leader Simon Bridges says a National-led government would establish a new National Cancer Agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
RFP - supply of fluticasone, and fluticasone with salmeterol, metered dose inhalers
29 July 2019 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of fluticasone, and fluticasone with salmeterol, metered dose inhalers in New ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
Children in the UK are having their lives saved by a new Meningococcal B vaccine our government won’t fund
27 July 2019 - There is a vaccine for the Meningococcal B disease that’s killed two Australians this month and left ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2019
Cancer patients to benefit from subsidies for new medicines
27 July 2019 - Patients will save tens of thousands of dollars a year on the cost of life saving cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2019
Australian study evaluates real world evidence of Botox to prevent migraine
26 July 2019 - OnabotulinumtoxinA has been approved by Australia’s reimbursement mechanism for medicines, the PBS, for preventive treatment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2019
Stories of patient involvement impact in health technology assessments: a discussion paper
24 July 2019 - As more health technology assessment bodies seek to implement patient involvement, there is a desire to learn ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2019
A non-inferiority framework for cost-effectiveness analysis
24 July 2019 - Traditional decision rules have limitations when a new technology is less effective and less costly than a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2019
Innovative treatment for gynaecological cancers approved for Cancer Drugs Fund
26 July 2019 - Olaparib, a medicine that has previously been used at a later stage in the treatment of advanced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2019
Medicare generations pass up health insurance
26 July 2019 - Australians who grew up with Medicare continue to shun health insurance, with new figures showing health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2019
Day of celebration for Blair Vining as cancer petition handed to parliament
25 July 2019 - Opposition politicians have described Southland's Blair Vining as remarkable following his fight to get a National ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2019
Quebec’s public-private pharmacare model provides more generous—and timely—access to new drugs
25 July 2019 - Quebec’s universal pharmacare system, which relies on both a public plan and private insurance providers, covers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2019
'Being sold a dud': health insurance 'death spiral' getting worse, data shows
25 July 2019 - The number of Australians abandoning private hospital cover has surged, with the latest official data igniting ...