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Serious concerns over true intentions of review
5 July 2017 - Nearly two weeks on from the release of the Interim Report of the Pharmacy Remuneration and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
£4 drug which triples a woman's chances of getting pregnant is being blocked by the NHS
5 July 2017 - NHS guidelines reject the drug and instead say that couples should 'keep trying'. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
Hi-tech hospital costs soar as almost half of stays top $10,000
4 July 2017 - Australian health funds paid more than $6.4 billion last year on claims that had a benefit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
Drug for painful skin disease on the PBS
3 July 2017 - Australians suffering from an extremely painful and debilitating skin disease known as hidradenitis suppurativa now have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
Government pharmacy shake-up set to hit Australians’ hip pockets
3 July 2017 - A federal government plan could see some medicine prices soar by more than $8 per prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2017
IQWiG finds no additional benefit for tenofovir alafenamide fumarate in chronic hepatitis B
3 July 2017 - The anti-viral medicine tenofovir alafenamide fumarate has been used in various combinations since 2015 in HIV ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2017
SMC industry engagement event
3 July 2017 - The SMC has announced details of the next Scottish Medicines Consortium Industry Engagement Event. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2017
Supreme Court hands patent win to pharmaceutical companies
30 June 2017 - Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday struck down rules making it easy for generic drug firms to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2017
Xiapex gets recommendation to be made available on National Health Service in England
30 June 2017 - Swedish Orphan Biovitrum today announces that for the first time people in England with the disabling ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2017
Over 16,000 Australian children prescribed antipsychotics, PBS data shows
3 July 2017 - A mufti day at school, knee-length shorts and a teenage taunt triggered Kalei's first panic attack. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2017
‘I’d rather be a lab rat than a dead rat’: How Julie beat cancer death sentence
2 July 2017 - The death sentence left her dry retching in a basin in the corner of a doctor’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2017 update
1 July 2017 - The July 2017 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2017
1 July 2017 - The July 2017 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
Revised dispensing of PBS items for nursing home residents
30 June 2017 - Commencing July, pharmacists should include the RACFId for the nursing home each time a PBS/RPBS item ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2017
Public Summary Documents - March 2017 PBAC meeting
30 June 2017 - The public summary documents from the March 2017 PBAC meeting are now available. ...