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Canada's new drug price rules pushed to next year
1 June 2020 - Canada's drug pricing agency said on Monday that new regulations aimed at lowering costs would come ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Australians stick with malaria drug hydroxychoroquine trial
26 May 2020 - Australian researchers are pressing ahead with administering the controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in at least one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Superb health care at ultra low prices? How Singapore does it
26 May 2020 - Can you imagine the United States having a health care system that delivers better outcomes than those ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Ofev (nintedanib) now available in Canada for adults living with progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases
25 May 2020 - Ofev slowed lung function decline in PF-ILD patients by 57% compared to placebo. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
New biosimilar trastuzumab on the PBS - information for health professionals and patients
26 May 2020 - A biosimilar brand of trastuzumab (Trazimera) was listed on the PBS on 1 May 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Medicines New Zealand consulting on a new generation medicines policy
26 May 2020 - The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research have produced a discussion paper for Medicines New Zealand ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
SMC response to COVID-19
22 May 2020 - To prioritise and support the capacity of health and social care services, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
First generic version of Gilead’s remdesivir will be sold by a Bangladesh drug maker
22 May 2020 - A drug maker in Bangladesh has become the first company to sell a generic version of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
Inside the science: companies racing to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
25 May 2020 - Even as some states move to ease the lockdowns that have cost tens of millions of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
'Act now': AMA urges health education to combat 'growing' anti-vaxxer movement
25 May 2020 - Medical experts warn decades of progress on immunisation could be undone unless the federal government urgently ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
WHO pauses trial of hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to safety concerns
26 May 2020 - The World Health Organisation has suspended testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients due to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
TGA approves Rozlytrek
25 May 2020 - Roche secures TGA approval for another cancer medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
CADTH sees green for Beovu
25 May 2020 - CADTH has published its final recommendation for Novartis' Beovu. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
How the world’s premier public health agency was handcuffed
23 May 2020 - The CDC has been absent with leave during the spread of COVID-19. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
COVID-19: CSL aims to cover Australia with vaccine
25 May 2020 - Vaccine manufacturer CSL has plans in place to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine onshore as it confirms ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
Contraceptive pill rationed amid countrywide shortage
24 May 2020 - Hansi Bennett knows what it's like to feel constant pain. ...