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Labour will exclude the NHS and medicines from trade deals with the US
17 November 2019 - Donald Trump wants the big US pharmaceutical companies to get its hands on our public services – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
PHARMAC backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch
15 November 2019 - PHARMAC has backed down on a controversial drug brand switch affecting patients with epilepsy and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
Brexit: what it could mean for drug prices
5 November 2019 - Trading away the UK’s rights to drive down drug prices could cost the NHS half a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Corbyn accuses Tories of planning deal to hike drug prices with Trump as election looms
5 November 2019 - Drug prices have become an issue in the UK’s general election, after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
UK officials discussed NHS at ‘secret’ meetings with US drug companies as part of trade talks
29 October 2019 - Envoys sidestep ban on discussing drug prices by referring to controversial subject ‘valuing innovation’. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2019
Harmonisation of Authority Required (Streamlined) listings across public and private hospital PBS items for the Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs program
25 October 2019 - In response to sector feedback and a recommendation by the PBAC, private hospital listings for medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2019
Health Minister Greg Hunt considering 'supervised prescribing' by pharmacists
17 October 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is considering "supervised prescribing" by pharmacists to ease pressure on the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Oct 2019
Drug pricing: Could Labour’s “radical” plan work?
4 October 2019 - A necessary reform or a threat to research? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2019
Drug firms 'colluded' to overcharge NHS by up to 1,800%
3 October 2019 - Three drug manufactures broke competition law by colluding to illegally boost the price of a vital ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2019
Industry shoots down Labour's plans to tackle 'extortionate' drug prices
26 September 2019 - Labour's promise to “take on pharmaceutical companies” which “deny life-saving and life-changing medicines to ill patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Drug firms admit to colluding in order to keep prices up
20 September 2019 - Two suppliers of the antidepressant, nortriptyline, have admitted illegally sharing information in order to keep prices up. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Institutional investors urging Congress to vote down CUSMA, citing effect on drug prices
23 September 2019 - A group of institutional investors representing more than US$500 billion is calling on the U.S. Congress ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2019
5 people setting EU drug prices
19 September 2019 - Politic’s guide to the policy makers debating how to calculate the cost of cures. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2019
Electronic prescribing
19 September 2019 - Electronic Prescribing will provide an option for prescribers (including doctors, dentists, optometrists, midwives and nurse practitioners), and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2019
Germany may have the answer for reducing drug prices
11 September 2019 - American lawmakers attempting to stem spiraling drug costs might find inspiration in Germany, where the government’s ...