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Faster access to drugs
20 October 2016 - Dr Jacoline Bouvy, Scientific Adviser – IMI ADAPT-SMART, discusses how to bring new drugs to patients faster. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2016
Timely and full 6CPA delivery the highest priority for Pharmacy Guild
19 October 2016 - The highest priority for the Pharmacy Guild is to ensure that the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
NICE proposes faster process to appraise cheaper drugs
18 October 2016 - The BMJ reports on the recently announced NICE reforms. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2016
Health cost cuts to ease pain on premiums
19 October 2016 - Health funds will be under pressure to rein in insurance premiums after Health Minister Sussan Ley ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2016
Private Health Insurance Ombudsman report shows record complaints, driven by Medibank
17 October 2016 - For thousands of Australians, health insurance is causing anger, distress and frustration instead of providing the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2016
Patients to get faster access to the most cost effective treatments under proposed changes to NICE's process
13 October 2016 - Patients could benefit from the most cost effective treatments nearly three months faster under plans unveiled by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2016
Reform critical in healthcare but lacking clear direction
11 October 2016 - While the overwhelming consensus among health professionals and politicians is Australia's health system in its current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2016
TGA boss warns about streamlining approvals
3 October 2016 - The head of the Therapeutic Goods Administration, John Skerritt, has warned that federal government reforms to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
The choices on health reform in the US Presidential and Congressional elections
10 October 2016 - Although the outcomes of the US Presidential and Congressional elections in November 2016 will not be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Health and aged care are the new productivity reform frontier, Parkinson says
10 October 2016 - Australia needs to improve the productivity of its health and aged care sectors if it is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
EU options for improving access to medicines
10 October 2016 - On October 12, the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee will consider the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC
10 October 2016 - Statements linking a price increase of Panadol Osteo to its removal from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme were ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Guild submission to Pharmacy Review
5 October 2016 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has lodged its submission in response to the Review of Pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2016
Did it matter that the Cancer Drugs Fund was not NICE? A retrospective review
3 October 2016 - This article reviews the means by which the Cancer Drugs Fund made recent funding decisions for cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2016
Cancer Drugs Fund requires further reform
27 September 2016 - Reliance on “real world” observational data undermines evidence base for clinical practice. ...