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‘All I want for Christmas’ is higher prices: Congressional report accuses pharma of manipulating Americans for profit
10 December 2021 - It was the day before Christmas in 2015 and a senior director of national accounts at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
Shining a light on PHARMAC
6 December 2021 - It is encouraging to read the country’s drug buying agency PHARMAC is already moving to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2021
Reforms needed for FDA’s regulation of medical devices
3 December 2021 - Medical devices are mainstays of modern medicine, from basic products like gloves and bandages to complex ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2021
PHARMAC review: 'Damning' interim report reveals 'fortress mentality', Māori, equity progress slow
2 December 2021 - An interim report of a major PHARMAC review has slated the Government drug buying agency over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2021
PHARMAC welcomes interim report
2 December 2021 - PHARMAC accepts many of the observations made in the Interim Report and is already making changes ...
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2021
MTAA welcomes new frontiers report
25 November 2021 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia wishes to thank Trent Zimmerman MP and Dr Mike Freelander MP ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2021
Medicines Australia welcomes tabling of parliamentary report about approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies
25 November 2021 - Medicines Australia welcomes the House of Representatives Health, Aged Care and Sport Committee Inquiry report into ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2021
Review of real world evidence and patient reported outcomes
24 November 2021 - The TGA recently commissioned a review into its usage of real world evidence and patient reported ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2021
KRPIA raises concern over HIRA’s cost effectiveness evaluation plan
10 November 2021 - Korea Research-based Pharma Industry Association (KRPIA) expressed concerns over HIRA's plan of evaluating a drug’s cost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2021
Government makes a mockery of PHARMAC review
3 November 2021 - “The ACT Party can today reveal the review into PHARMAC has been delayed by more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2021
Major PHARMAC review delayed nearly 3 months
3 November 2021 - A major review into Government drug buying agency PHARMAC has been delayed by nearly three months. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2021
Where is the PHARMAC Review Panel’s interim report?
12 October 2021 - Patient advocacy groups and clinicians are calling out the PHARMAC Review Panel for failing to get their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
OIA documents prove PHARMAC's independent inquiry is a toothless whitewash
11 October 2021 - Following a damning survey of PHARMAC, National can also reveal documents received under OIA show the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
Review of the National Medicines Policy
11 October 2021 - The call for submissions closed on Friday 8 October 2021 and a total of 107 submissions have ...