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Proposal to fund dexamethasone ocular implants for DMO
15 September 2017 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list dexamethasone 700 mcg ocular implants (Ozurdex) through ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2017
Proposal to fund zoster vaccine
15 September 2017 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund the zoster vaccine (Zostavax) for the prevention ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2017
Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
14 September 2017 - Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2017
War on drugs: big pharma fights NHS bill curbs
10 September 2017 - With NHS budgets under pressure and medicine prices inexorably going up, something had to give. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2017
Exodus from private health care saves $1bn but states carry can
13 September 2017 - The private health insurance exodus is delivering more than $1 billion in unanticipated rebate savings for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2017
Australia proves national drug plan is possible for Canada
11 September 2017 - A Canadian doctor working in Australia has witnessed how its national drug plan, despite its flaws, is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
NICE: We're the institute of 'yes'
11 September 2017 - But Meindert Boysen says affordability conversations with pharma need to happen earlier. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
SMC - September 2017 decisions
11 September 2017 - SMC accepts four new medicines for use by NHSScotland ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
Agenda for 13 September TC meeting
8 September 2017 - HAS has posted the agenda for the next scheduled TC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2017
Iron infusions in the community
11 September 2017 - Eligible people will now be able to receive ferric carboxymaltose iron infusions in some general practitioners’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
Health insurers demand reforms to keep premium increases low
11September 2017 - Australia’s health insurance industry has warned Health Minister Greg Hunt that if he wants consumers to have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
’It’s about private healthcare, not just health insurance’
11 September 2017 - An edited transcript of a private health care insurance roundtable hosted by The Australian senior business ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
New breast cancer drug could buy Greerton woman time
9 September 2017 - Bay woman Margaret Richardson has been told she will eventually lose her battle with cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2017
Can a new value framework help ease friction over orphan drug prices?
7 September 2017 - America’s healthcare debate has stalled in Congress, but constructive dialogue and innovation are thriving in specialised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2017
NICE publishes updated guidance on the use of Nexavar on the NHS
6 September 2017 - NICE has updated its 2010 guidance on the use of sorafenib tosylate (Nexavar) on the NHS ...