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PHARMAC signals first step towards funding continuous glucose monitors
21 February 2023 - PHARMAC will soon be seeking competitive commercial offers for the supply of funded continuous glucose monitors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2022
Diabetic accuses PHARMAC of faulty analysis of glucose monitors
17 November 2022 - Insulin-dependent diabetics say PHARMAC's decision to delay funding a potentially life-saving device appears to be based ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2022
Decision to list a range of medical devices supplied by Biotronik
12 October 2022 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce the approval of a listing agreement with Biotronik for the supply ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2022
NICE recommends NHS collects real world evidence on devices that monitor people with Parkinson’s disease
27 September 2022 - Five promising technologies that could help improve symptoms and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2022
PHARMAC capable of managing medical devices supply chain, it says
6 September 2022 - PHARMAC says it has saved $100 million since 2014 by doing deals to cut the price ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2022
NICE publishes first draft guidance from its Early Value Assessment pilot project recommending smartphone linked ECG device
12 August 2022 - It is the first recommendation to be issued by NICE’s diagnostics advisory committee via its Early Value ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2022
PHARMAC ‘procrastinating’ over funding glucose monitors, Diabetes NZ says
12 July 2022 - PHARMAC should stop procrastinating on funding glucose monitors for people with diabetes after the Government agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2022
PHARMAC keeps medical devices role despite failing to curb costs
8 July 2022 - The government is persisting with a way of buying hugely expensive medical devices that has been proven ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2022
NICE’s early value assessment for medtech: panning for nuggets of innovation gold
15 June 2022 - The explosion in digital health products has left NHS commissioners wondering how they can possibly sift out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2022
Upper Hutt dad's plea to PHARMAC to cover family's $5,200 a year bill for 'life changing' diabetes devices
2 April 2022 - A Kiwi teacher is calling for public funding for "life changing" diabetes devices after being forced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2022
Diabetes NZ to kick-start campaign for PHARMAC funding for glucose monitors
11 March 2022 - Diabetes NZ wants PHARMAC to fund next-generation blood sugar monitors for people with the debilitating disease. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Feb 2022
NICE recommends new diagnostic devices for men with suspected prostate cancer in draft guidance
15 February 2022 - Four new diagnostic devices for men with suspected prostate cancer, which reduce the chances of biopsy related ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
Health technology assessment: European Commission welcomes the adoption of new rules to improve access to innovative technologies
13 December 2021 - Today, the Regulation on Health Technology Assessment, a deliverable of the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy, has been adopted. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
EU regulation passed: G-BA works on European HTA assessment
14 December 2021 - Today the EU Parliament passed the EU-HTA regulation for a joint health technology assessment, which includes, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2021
Preparing for health care’s new frontier: Committee releases major report on reforming the process for new medicines and health technology
25 November 2021 - A new parliamentary report ‘The New Frontier: Delivering better health for all Australians’ is recommending significant ...