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Considering and communicating uncertainty in health technology assessment
15 July 2021 - As health technology assessment seeks to combine complex sets of evidence, values, and perspectives to support open, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2021
PHARMAC is seeking views on declining funding applications
29 June 2021 - PHARMAC is considering declining 97 inactive medicine funding applications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2021
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2021
Shared decision making underpins good health care
17 June 2021 - Shared decision making between service users and health care professionals is an integral part of health care, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Health care funding decisions and real world benefits: reducing bias by matching untreated patients
14 June 2021 - Governments and health insurers often make funding decisions based on health gains from randomised controlled trials. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
How the patient voice is becoming vital for drug approval
14 June 2021 - Rebecca Sanders from Lipodystrophy UK tells us how the patient voice helped convince NICE to approve a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
Stop blaming PHARMAC - we'd be worse off without it
10 June 2021 - Penny Tucker is concerned that there are “miracle drugs and biologics that have transformed many conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2021
PHARMAC to work with others to improve communication
21 May 2021 - PHARMAC accepts the Coroner’s comments that not all information about the brand change reached patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2021
Andrew Little not pleased with Children's Commissioner comments on potential PHARMAC move
4 May 2021 - Heath Minister Andrew Little says he expects better of the Children's Commissioner after he described a potential ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2021
Integration of ethical considerations into HTA reports: an analysis of integration levels using a systematic review
26 April 2021 - The objective was to describe the type and level of ethical integration in published health technology assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2021
Do existing real world data sources generate suitable evidence for the HTA of medical devices in Europe? Mapping and critical appraisal
28 April 2021 - Technological and computational advancements offer new tools for the collection and analysis of real world data. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2021
NICE signs up to join the GetReal Institute
28 April 2021 -NICE’s ambition complements the GetReal Institute’s core mission to facilitate the adoption and implementation of real-world evidence ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2021
Prevalence of immature survival data for anti-cancer drugs presented to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and impact on decision-making
12 April 2021 - This research aims to explore how often NICE uses immature overall survival data to inform reimbursement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2021
Decision to widen access to secukinumab for psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis
1 April 2021 - PHARMAC is pleased to announce a decision to widen funded access to secukinumab (Cosentyx) for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2021
Development of an international template to support patient submissions in health technology assessments
1 April 2021 - The objective was to develop an international template to support patient submissions in health technology assessments. ...