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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
‘An absolute game changer’: children under 12 to receive life saving drug
6 April 2023 - Hundreds of children with cystic fibrosis will have subsidised access to the life-changing medication Trikafta from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2023
NICE recommends life-changing gene therapy for children with ultra rare genetic disorder in final draft guidance
23 March 2023 - The first and currently only gene therapy for children with an ultra-rare genetic disorder has been recommended ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Mar 2023
Alberta’s import of children’s medication to cost taxpayers $80 million
9 March 2023 - Alberta taxpayers are on the hook for $80 million, after Health Minister Jason Copping finally revealed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2023
PHARMAC will fund meningococcal B vaccine for babies, teens and young people
28 February 2023 - From Wendesday, PHARMAC will fund meningococcal B vaccine for a number of potentially at-risk groups including ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Feb 2023
UK’s most expensive drug Libmeldy saved Teddi Shaw, but is too late for her sister
16 February 2023 - A toddler with a rare inherited condition has become the first child to be treated by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
Digital mental health tech for children and young people recommended by NICE in first rapid healthtech guidance
8 February 2023 - Four digital technologies that can help children and young people with mild to moderate symptoms of anxiety ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2023
NICE recommends genetic test to prevent newborn babies going deaf
9 February 2023 - A genetic test to establish if a newborn baby is vulnerable to deafness if treated with a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2023
Changes to HPV vaccine dose schedule for young Australians
6 February 2023 - From 6 February 2023 the human papillomavirus vaccine schedule will become a single dose schedule. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2023
Somatrogon for treating growth disturbance in people 3 years and over
1 February 2023 - Somatrogon is recommended as an option for the treatment of children 3 years of age and over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2023
Mum's push for cystic fibrosis treatment to be subsidised for children under 12
23 January 2023 - Mila was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis aged just one, after experiencing lung failure in hospital, and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2022
NICE recommends a weekly injection for treating growth failure in children
22 December 2022 - This recommendation comes from a pilot to develop simpler, faster evaluations for the appraisal of some treatments. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2022
EQ-5D-Y-3L value sets, valuation methods and conceptual questions
12 December 2022 - The measurement and valuation of child health-related quality of life is a rapidly evolving field. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2022
Children, parents protest PHARMAC funding review at Parliament
14 December 2022 - A petition calling on PHARMAC to "fund lifesaving medicines for all New Zealand children" has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2022
PHARMAC petition: fear tamariki with cancer won’t have access to lifesaving medicines
13 December 2022 - A petition, that will be delivered tomorrow to Parliament, on behalf of Tamariki with cancer, chronic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2022
'Heartbreaking': parents of sick 11 month old want greater meningitis awareness
19 November 2022 - A cough quickly turned into a “horrible” few weeks for an Auckland family whose infant son ...