Consultation paper on proposal to introduce a cost recovered pathway for Medical Services Advisory Committee applications

 4 January 2022 - The Department of Health invites submissions in relation to a proposal to introduce a cost recovered ...

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PHARMAC publishes experts’ advice and seeks views on patient access criteria for COVID-19 treatments

22 December 2021 - PHARMAC is releasing the October meeting records of their COVID-19 clinical expert advisory group and seeking feedback ...

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FDA publishes discussion paper and seeks public input on 3D printing of medical devices at the point of care

10 December 2021 - Today, the U.S. FDA published a discussion paper regarding 3D printing medical devices at the point of ...

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Consumers to have more say on medicine access issues

7 September 2021 - Consumer involvement in Australia’s medicines choices has been further strengthened under a new strategic agreement Medicines ...

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Patient advocacy organisations and FDA drug approval: lessons from Aduhelm

23 July 2021 - In the wake of last month’s controversial FDA approval of Biogen’s Aduhelm, Alzheimer’s Association CEO Harry ...

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NICE feedback?

13 July 2021 - NICE is quite far along a NICE led process to review its methods and processes for ...

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CMS opens national coverage determination analysis on treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

12 July 2021 - Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is opening a National Coverage Determination analysis, a ...

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PHARMAC is seeking views on declining funding applications

29 June 2021 - PHARMAC is considering declining 97 inactive medicine funding applications.  ...

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Moving patient stories highlight opportunities to strengthen our health care systems for all Australians

24 June 2021 - It was an emotional evening among the nearly 200 in-person and online attendees at Parliament House last ...

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Efficient funding of chemotherapy review - submissions on discussion paper

18 June 2021 - The efficient funding of chemotherapy review discussion paper was released on 21 May 2021 to gain ...

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MSAC consultation process - changes to take effect from 1 July 2021

16 June 2021 - MSAC is implementing changes to its consultation process from 1 July 2021.  ...

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Repurposing of prescription medicines

4 February 2021 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration is conducting a public consultation that seeks to understand potential obstacles and ...

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The representation of public values in health technology assessment to inform funding decisions: the case of Australia's national funding bodies

18 January 2021 - Historically, Australia has been at the forefront of the application of HTA for assessing the effectiveness and ...

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Strengthening patient outcome evidence in health technology assessment: a coproduction approach

13 January 2021 - NICE worked with patients and staff from six patient organisations to review existing health technology assessment ...

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Stage 2 PBS process improvements – consultation closed

13 October 2020 - On 21 September 2020, the department hosted a webinar to provide information to industry on the ...

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