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People dying of COVID while life-saving drugs go unused, doctors say
21 May 2022 - Top doctors have warned that vulnerable patients who test positive to COVID-19 are missing out on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2022
DUSC utilisation analysis public release documents
25 March 2022 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the October 2021 DUSC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2021
Are we measuring what matters most on uptake to medicines in England?
16 November 2021 - VPAS is a voluntary agreement between the UK government and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2021
Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee outcome statement
5 November 2021 - The Outcome Statement from the October 2021 Drug Utilisation SubCommittee meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2021
Docs ‘use rubber stamp for drugs’
9 October 2021 - Pharmacists have raised the alarm over the influence of a US pharmaceutical corporation on Australian doctors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2021
Competition from biosimilars drives price reductions for biologics in the French single payer health system
6 August 2021 - France has a single payer health insurance system that has the authority to impose pharmaceutical price reductions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Uptake of medicines for type 2 diabetes mellitus
15 June 2021 - Empagliflozin (with and without metformin hydrochloride) has been funded since 1 February 2021. It is funded for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Sandoz Canada congratulates the Quebec government on implementing a shift towards biosimilars
18 May 2021 - The shift announced by Quebec will follow a similar approach to policies introduced in British Columbia, Alberta ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2021
Almost one-third of adult Australians say they’re unlikely to get COVID vaccination: survey
19 May 2021 - Almost one-third of adult Australians say they are unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2021
One in four COVID vaccine doses distributed in Australia not yet administered, figures show
17 May 2021 - New figures show one in four COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia have not been administered, with GP ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 May 2021
Alberta, Canada, begins mandating switches from originator to biosimilar Humira
6 May 2021 - Alberta, Canada becomes the latest province to begin switching patients from originator adalimumab (Humira) to biosimilar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2021
Australia has surpassed 2 million vaccines but lacks data on second doses
28 April 2021 - Australians will not be told how many people have received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2021
Drug Utilisation SubCommittee utilisation analysis public release documents
18 March 2021 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the October 2020 Drug Utilisation SubCommittee meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2021
Pfizer COVID vaccine: states agree to secrecy over unused jabs
10 March 2021 - Australian states and territories have made a secret agreement not to release weekly data to the public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2021
Biosimilars: is interchangeability the proof of the pudding?
15 February 2021 - While apparently non‐inferior to originator biologics, other factors need to be considered before switching ...