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Patients, users, caregivers, and citizens' involvement in local health technology assessment unit in Quebec: a survey
29 September 2020 - The aim of the survey was to provide an overview of local health technology assessment unit practices ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on widened access to juvenile idiopathic arthritis medicines
11 September 2020 - PHARMAC is looking at widening access to three funded treatments – adalimumab, etanercept and tocilizumab – to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
PHARMAC seeking views on new type 2 diabetes medicines
9 September 2020 - PHARMAC is looking at funding two new medicines with substantial health benefits for up to 50,000 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2020
Consultation on the Medical Services Advisory Committee revised draft guidelines
31 August 2020 - The Department of Health is interested in obtaining views and feedback from the general public and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jul 2020
Collaborative consultation on medicines policy closes
10 July 2020 - Over the past few months, Medicines New Zealand ran an online consultation on a discussion paper produced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2020
‘Open dialogue’ needed with HTAs to improve access
25 June 2020 - Having worked in the NHS as a hospital pharmacist before moving into market access roles in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Submissions received: fees and charges proposal 2020-21
23 June 2020 - On 20 January 2020, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released on its website a consultation paper, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2020
Public Consultation - Draft 2020-21 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement for listing medicines on the PBS and designated vaccines on the NIP
20 May 2020 - As outlined in the April 2020 PBS news item – ‘Cost Recovery – Consultation Feedback’, the current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2020
Cost recovery - consultation feedback
28 April 2020 - On 12 February 2020, the Department hosted a webinar to commence broad consultation on proposed fee changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
Submissions on whether the TGA should publish that a prescription medicine is under evaluation
8 April 2020 - Between 15 February and 29 March 2019, the TGA sought comments from interested parties on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Proposal to fund modified release pancreatic enzyme granules (Creon Micro)
2 April 2020 - PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to fund a new modified-release granule formulation of pancreatic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2019
Response to media on new MBS items for eating disorders
30 October 2019 - In response to this morning’s media the Department of Health advises that the new items that will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2019
‘Let private health funds cover all GP bills’
29 October 2019 - Private health insurers are pushing for reform of the healthcare system to allow them to pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2019
A watchdog group sets aside emotions to assess drugs’ value. Patients say their lives are more than a number.
2 August 2019 - Health economists walk a precarious tightrope: their analyses are quantitative and, presumably, emotion-free. But health care ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2019
ICER seeks public comment on proposed methods adaptations for assessments of potential cures and other transformative therapies
6 August 2019 - Proposed adaptations help manage increased uncertainty, capture new value dimensions for appraisal committee voting, and adopt a ...