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Biomarker-based cancer diagnostics: German pricing regulator sets high validation and reimbursement standards for novel diagnostic methods
10 July 2019 - On 20 June 2019, for the first time, the German Federal Joint Committee (G-BA), made the resolution ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2019
New committee brings diverse patient, family, and caregiver voices to CADTH
10 July 2019 - Following a nationwide call for nominations, CADTH is pleased to announce the membership of its new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2019
Amazon’s Alexa to offer NHS health care advice
10 July 2019 - The UK Government has announced that the NHS has plans to collaborate with Amazon to provide ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2019
Vaccine crisis leaves Australia’s immunisation record in tatters
9 July 2019 - Thousands of Australians are dying from the flu and meningococcal because lifesaving vaccines are not being approved, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
'Amazing' gene-silencing drugs reach NHS
9 July 2019 - A new form of medicine called "gene-silencing" has been approved for use by the NHS in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
Pharmacists v doctors: fiery prescription debate rages in WA
9 July 2019 - A proposal to allow pharmacists to issue repeat prescriptions should be backed as consumers will save ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
PHARMAC has spent tens of millions on OxyContin, blamed for America's opioid crisis
10 July 2019 - PHARMAC has spent tens of millions of dollars funding a painkiller at the centre of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
NICE Onpattro approval puts Alnylam back in hATTR running
9 July 2019 - NICE has recommended the use of Alynylam’s Onpattro (patisiran), after issuing a preliminary ‘no’, back in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
Breast cancer specialists throw their weight behind long-running fight for increased Government drug funding
9 July 2019 - Several petitions, two marches on Parliament and countless emotive pleas have been fruitless in a long-running ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
New treatment approved for patients with breast cancer in Scotland
8 July 2019 - A new drug for patients with advanced breast cancer has been approved for use by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Report calls for European funding reform for gene therapies
8 July 2019 - New payment models, dedicated investment, and better health technology assessment are among a raft of changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
SMC - July 2019 decisions
8 July 2019 - A medicine used to treat advanced breast cancer has today been accepted by the Scottish Medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Cystic fibrosis scandal: Drugs boss tells boy, 9, he wants NHS deal to save lives
8 July 2019 - The millionaire boss of a US drugs firm has penned a personal letter to a boy with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Family to stay in Australia after son with cystic fibrosis initially deemed a 'burden'
8 July 2019 - A Victorian family at risk of being deported back to their homeland of Ireland after their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Pharma giant wants vaccination reform
9 July 2019 - Pharmaceutical giant GSK is calling for Australia to update its review of subsidised immunisation programs and ...