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Multiple sclerosis sufferer Natalie Adams lives in fear
29 November 2017 - Lying in a hospital bed with her skin feeling like it had been dipped in acid, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2017
Auckland mum is having to self-fund drugs to extend her life
28 November 2017 - All Megan Casey wants to do is see her children get married and be a grandmother. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2017
Over-reliance in cardiovascular treatment – a supply risk that needs to change
29 November 2017 - New Zealand’s reliance on the cardiovascular medicines metoprolol succinate and cilazapril is out of step with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
NICE no for Halaven in new indication
27 November 2017 - A lack of clinical evidence proving its effectiveness has led NICE to publish draft guidance refusing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
Revised process for filing CDR submissions and resubmissions
27 November 2017 - The CADTH Common Drug Review is aligning the process for secure file sharing with the pan-Canadian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
Kidney disease drug recommended by NICE 'may do more harm than good
24 November 2017 - Little evidence that phosphate binders improve patient wellbeing, warn experts, while one type may contribute to increased ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
We don’t need to change how we subsidise ‘breakthrough’ cancer treatments
27 November 2017 - New therapies that arm the immune system to fight cancer, such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Yervoy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
Merck invited to submit a CDF proposal for Merkel cell cancer drug
27 November 2017 - NICE has asked Merck to submit a Cancer Drugs Fund proposal for an immunotherapy called avelumab. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Nov 2017
Is the public health system so good you don’t actually need private insurance?
26 November 2017 - Save your money and don’t bother with private health insurance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2017
How to avoid giving the right answers to the wrong questions: the need for integrated assessments of complex health technologies
23 November 2017 - Health technologies are becoming increasingly complex and contemporary health technology assessment is only partly equipped to address ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2017
Reflections on the NICE decision to reject patient production losses
20 November 2017 - Patient production losses occur when individuals’ capacities to work, whether paid or unpaid, are impaired by illness, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2017
A check-up on Canada's health care system
25 November 2017 - In 2005, one of us (KMW) watched a close friend go in and out of hospital in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2017
Agenda for 22 November TC meeting
22 November 2017 - HAS has posted the agenda for the next scheduled TC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2017
Canada-wide program aims to get young cancer patients faster access to new therapies
23 November 2017 - If Terry Fox were diagnosed today, he would fall among the 20 per cent of young ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Nov 2017
Roche’s Erivedge no longer funded by the NHS
23 November 2017 - Roche’s Erivedge will indeed no longer be funded on the National Health Service as a treatment ...