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Canada told drug makers it would limit scope of some new price rules
29 May 2019 - The Canadian government has assured the pharmaceutical industry that new features of its plan to cut ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
Prices of Canadian generic medicines below international average
29 May 2019 - PMRPB: Canadian price declines steepest of all OECD countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
Charlie Teo: celebrity surgeon’s prices ‘challenged by insurers’
30 May 2019 - The prices charged by brain surgeon Charlie Teo have been challenged by insurers and Medicare in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
Charlie Teo: brain surgeon defends six-figure op costs
29 May 2019 - Brain surgeon Charlie Teo has told a television host to get her facts straight after he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
Flu vaccine shortage amid run on private market pharmacy supplies
29 May 2019 - Australian pharmacies are running out of the flu vaccine amid unprecedented numbers of people getting immunised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
UK refuses to back 'game-changing' resolution on drug pricing
28 May 2019 - Global agreement urges governments to share information on actual cost of medicines, with aim of making them ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
Terminal brain cancer patient shares painful health insurance lesson, as more Aussies ditch cover
28 May 2019 - When doctors discovered a tumour bigger than a golf ball in the middle of Nick Stephens’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
Feilding woman nervous about PHARMAC's decision to change epilepsy medication brands
28 My 2019 - Judy Lawrence recalls vividly the day she suffered a seizure walking down the stairs eight years ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
Canadian Biosimilars Forum applauds B.C. Government's landmark decision to enhance adoption of biosimilars and calls on remaining provinces to follow
27 May 2019 - The Canadian Biosimilars Forum today commends the Government of British Columbia for taking a decisive step ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
BC PharmaCare’s Biosimilars Initiative an important step towards improving patient access to safe and effective medicines
27 May 2019 - Biosimilars Initiative implementation could contribute to significant cost savings for the BC health care system. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
PHARMAC head defends drug agency's funding
28 May 2019 - PHARMAC is under intense pressure from clinicians, health advocacy groups and patients to fund more medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
1500 New Zealanders access a cure for hepatitis C
27 May 2019 - Over 1500 New Zealanders have started a new hepatitis C treatment in the last three months ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
B.C. becomes first province to force change to biosimilar drugs
27 May 2019 - The change will save the government nearly $100 million over the next three years. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Health premium increases ‘must fall’: Greg Hunt
28 May 2019 - Greg Hunt wants insurers to slash premium increases next year — even if the government has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Charlie Teo: cancer specialist questions $120k bills for surgeon-of-choice
28 May 2019 - A prominent Sydney cancer specialist has questioned the “really disturbing” trend of people fundraising tens of ...