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Recommendations made by the PBAC - August 2017
3 November 2017 - Additional recommendations made by the PBAC in August 2017 relating to the listing of medicines on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2017
ICR responds to Government report produced following Accelerated Access Review
3 November 2017 - The Institute of Cancer Research, London, today responds to the Government’s announcement of a new, fast-track ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2017
NHS patients to get faster access to 'breakthrough' medicines
3 November 2017 - Drug firms will be offered a fast-track route to get “breakthrough” medicines to NHS patients up ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2017
Final NICE nod for Sanofi’s Kevzara
2 November 2017 - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued final guidance backing Sanofi’s Kevzara as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2017
NICE back Roche’s Tecentriq for CDF
1 November 2017 - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is recommending Roche’s Tecentriq for use within the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2017
Drug giants threaten NHS with legal action over cheaper drug that could save 84 million pounds a year
1 November 2017 - Using cheaper version of drug effective against blindness is preferable to cost-cutting measures such as rationing, say ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 November 2017 update
1 November 2017 - The November 2017 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Drug firms warn Ottawa against ‘crippling’ price cuts
31 October 2017 - Canada's brand-name pharmaceutical companies are pushing back against a plan to overhaul Canada's drug-pricing regulator, saying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Australians buying 'useless' health insurance, AMA head says
31 October 2017 - Dr Michael Gannon says people should not need medical training to understand what insurance products cover. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Health system can't work without insurers
31 October 2017 - Private insurers insist they have become an essential part of the health system and it would ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Private health insurers under pressure to limit premium rises and be more transparent
31 October 2017 - Private health insurers are under pressure to limit their annual fee increases to the Consumer Price ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Fund for next generation medicines investigated
1 November 2017 - A fund to give Kiwis quicker access to new-generation medicines will be investigated by the Government, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 November 2017
1 November 2017 - The November 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Proposal to widen access to zoledronic acid for early breast cancer
31 October 2017 - PHARMAC proposes to widen funded access to zoledronic to include adjuvant use in post-menopausal women with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2017
Patient centred care is missing in action in Australia
30 October 2017 - The success of modern medicine is popularly seen in terms of hospitals and life-saving surgery. ...