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Bad diagnosis: health care system muddled, lacking leadership major report finds
3 September 2019 - The review is being led by former prime minister Helen Clark's chief of staff, Heather Simpson. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
An international perspective on the paradoxes of US health care
28 August 2019 - Each year, the Commonwealth Fund selects an international cohort of Harkness Fellows in health care policy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Academics and researchers raise concerns with FDA’s plan for ‘integrated reviews’
28 August 2019 - More than 50 academics and researchers from Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins and other universities around the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Australian Public Assessment Reports for prescription medicines
28 August 2019 - TGA is reviewing the operation of transparency measures and are considering activities to increase transparency of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2019
Patient Voice Aotearoa calls for PHARMAC reform
28 August 2019 - Patient Voice Aotearoa has launched a petition calling for the Minister of Health to initiate an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
ICER Proposes Updates to 2020 Value Assessment Framework Methods and Procedures
21 August 2019 - Reflecting experience with current framework, benchmarking with other HTA groups, and public input, proposals include new emphasis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2019
FDA should take additional steps to address factors that may affect approval rates in the first review cycle
7 August 2019 - Companies that make generic drugs—which have the same active ingredients as brand-name drugs—have to apply for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2019
Reforms to the generic medicine market authorisation process
30 July 2019 - The TGA would like to thank respondents who provided submissions in response to the public consultation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2019
FDA’s Sharpless outlines FDA's 4 top priorities: tech, hiring, modernisation and increased safety
24 July 2019 - Acting U.S. FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless emailed agency staff yesterday outlining the FDA’s four main priorities. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2019
U.S. District Court orders FDA to reconsider application for final approval of Brixadi (buprenorphine) extended release injection for the treatment of opioid use disorder
23 July 2019 - The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Braeburn’s motion for summary judgment, vacating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
NICE numbers at 20
19 July 2019 - Leela Barham takes a look at NICE’s stats on technology appraisals to see how the agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
NICE announces details of health technology evaluation methods review
22 July 2019 - Following approval at its recent Board meeting NICE has confirmed the details of its review of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review
22 July 2019 - How will issues such as disruptive innovation, precision medicine and climate change affect Australia's medicines policy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2019
Early benefit assessment reveals weaknesses in the development of new drugs
11 July 2019 - Analysis of 216 AMNOG assessments in the BMJ / Proposals for more targeted drug development ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Report calls for European funding reform for gene therapies
8 July 2019 - New payment models, dedicated investment, and better health technology assessment are among a raft of changes ...