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China to promote centralised medicine procurement, use to ease patients' burden
20 November 2019 - China will improve its mechanism for centralized medicine procurement and use in a steady and orderly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
Picturing ELSI+: a visual representation of ethical, legal, and social issues, and patient experiences in health technology assessment in Canada
15 November 2019 - Consideration of ethical, legal, and social issues plus patient values (ELSI+) in health technology assessment is challenging ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
'This drug saved my life;' cystic fibrosis patient accuses drug company, Canada of stalling on approval
17 November 2019 - A West Island woman living with cystic fibrosis says the prohibitive price of a drug is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2019
Tricida announces FDA acceptance of new drug application for veverimer
14 November 2019 - Tricida announced today that the U.S. FDA has accepted for review its new drug application for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2019
CHMP recommends EU approval of Roche’s Kadcyla for the adjuvant treatment of people with HER2-positive early breast cancer with residual invasive disease after neo-adjuvant treatment
15 November 2019 - Kadcyla cut the risk of disease recurrence or death by half compared to Herceptin in the adjuvant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2019
CHMP recommends conditional EU approval of Roche’s Polivy for people with previously treated aggressive lymphoma
15 November 2019 - First-in-class antibody-drug conjugate that specifically targets CD79b, a protein expressed in the majority of B-cells. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2019
Labour will exclude the NHS and medicines from trade deals with the US
17 November 2019 - Donald Trump wants the big US pharmaceutical companies to get its hands on our public services – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2019
Booker and Sanders propose a new federal agency to set drug prices
15 November 2019 - Senators Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are pushing for the creation of a new federal agency ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2019
PBAC Public Summary Documents - July 2019 meeting
15 November 2019 - The Public Summary Documents (first time rejections and deferrals) from the July 2019 PBAC meeting are now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2019
Novartis receives positive CHMP opinion for Mayzent (siponimod) for the treatment of adult patients with active secondary progressive multiple sclerosis
15 November 2019 - If approved, Mayzent (siponimod) will be the first and only oral treatment specifically indicated for patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
Highlights from the CHMP 11-14 November 2019 meeting
15 November 2019 - Seven new medicines recommended for approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
Dutch authorities hand over final building to EMA in Amsterdam
15 November 2019 - Today, the Dutch authorities have handed over to EMA its newly built tailor-made premises, located in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
FDA approves first targeted therapy to treat patients with painful complication of sickle cell disease
15 November 2019 - Today, the U.S. FDA approved Adakveo (crizanlizumab-tmca), a treatment to reduce the frequency of vaso-occlusive crisis – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
Valeo Pharma announces filing of a new drug submission for low molecular weight heparin in Canada
14 November 2019 - Valeo Pharma announced today that the new drug submission filed for a low molecular weight heparin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
PHARMAC backs down on epilepsy drug brand switch
15 November 2019 - PHARMAC has backed down on a controversial drug brand switch affecting patients with epilepsy and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2019
Meningitis Foundation calls for PHARMAC to protect everyone
15 November 2019 - Following PHARMAC’s announcement stating the meningococcal ACWY vaccine will be available free from next month for ...