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PBS process improvements webinar - information forum
31 May 2019 - The Department of Health will be hosting a webinar on 14 June 2019 to provide industry, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Select committee inquiry into PHARMAC would be too slow - Labour
12 April 2019 - The Government says a select committee inquiry into PHARMAC's drug-buying processes would take longer than current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Peters accuses Bennett of using people's illnesses to gain 'political points' in exchange about PHARMAC funding
11 April 2019 - Winston Peters accused Paula Bennett of using people's illnesses to gain "political points" during an exchange ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Labour MP rejects claims she said Health Minister nixed PHARMAC inquiry
11 April 2019 - Labour MP health select committee chair Louisa Wall is rejecting claims she told the husband of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Official inquiry into PHARMAC necessary
10 April 2019 - Today National MP Michael Woodhouse is set to table a motion calling on the Health Select ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Health insurers welcome Coalition review on natural therapies
8 April 2019 - Health insurers have welcomed a Coalition pledge to reconsider a ban on cover for natural therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Mar 2019
Women with advanced breast cancer ask health select committee for PHARMAC review
13 March 2019 - Ten women today spoke one after the other, telling a committee of MPs how desperately they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
After 16 reviews we know how to fix health care, experts say
28 February 2019 - After 16 national reviews in 35 years, the road map for improving the health care system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Details of Doug Ford government’s health care overhaul, including new super agency, coming Tuesday
26 February 2019 - The Ontario government will announce its long-rumoured overhaul of the province’s health care system on Tuesday, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2019
PHARMAC to review its practices following criticism of breast cancer drug funding
13 February 2019 - The government's drug-buying agency has announced it has begun an internal review following a petition and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2019
How procurement judges the value of medical technologies: a review of health care tenders
8 February 2019 - Procurement's important role in healthcare decision making has encouraged criticism and calls for greater collaboration with health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2019
2018 in a nutshell: new edition with facts and graphics from the IQWiG
9 January 2019 - The focus of the 33-page brochure is information, overviews and charts on "Health Technology Assessment (HTA) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2019
PBAC - 2018 in review
7 January 2019 - The PBAC considered 195 submissions in 2018; 173 were considered by the PBAC in 2017. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2018
Calls for PHARMAC review after funds made available to offset wage settlements
24 October 2018 - A request that the government's drug-buying agency be reviewed has opposition support with claims money is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Ethics in health technology assessment: a systematic review
9 October 2018 - Integration of ethics into health technology assessment remains challenging for HTA practitioners. ...