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Proposal to modify PHARMAC’s approach to competitive procurement
10 July 2020 - PHARMAC is proposing to standardise the way that it contracts for pharmaceuticals as a result of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2020
Consultation on CADTH’s drug reimbursement review procedures
25 June 2020 - CADTH is inviting stakeholder feedback on a revised procedure for its drug reimbursement review processes (i.e., pan-Canadian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 May 2020
ICER posts draft scoping document for the assessment of supervised injection facilities
19 May 2020 - Document open to public comment until 9 June 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2020
Procedure Guidance for standardised redactions to PBAC Public Summary Documents
30 April 2020 - The PBAC has indicated its preference for greater transparency to be introduced in PSDs through a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Revised procedure for the sponsor review of initial CADTH pCODR reports
4 March 2020 - Initial CADTH pCODR reports will now be issued to the sponsor four business days before the target ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
Alignment of terminology
9 January 2020 - CADTH is aligning the terminology in the single drug review processes as follows: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
New CADTH process for cell and gene therapies
9 January 2020 - CADTH has undertaken an internal review of our processes for drugs and devices, and established a revised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Health products portal – intent to apply
14 November 2019 - The Department of Health (the Department) has been working to digitise and simplify the PBS submission ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2019
ICER seeks public input to guide selection of non-drug assessment topics for 2020
13 December 2019 - Suggestions for new topics and comments on initial list of potential topics are encouraged; input most helpful ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
Breast cancer MRI added to Medicare
29 October 2019 - Women with or suspected of having breast cancer will be able to claim Medicare benefits for magnetic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2019
HTA in the European Union: osteoporosis screening without proof of benefit
16 September 2019 - For the first time, an IQWiG team is in charge of assessing health technology for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Medibank joins Nexus Hospitals joint replacement surgery trial guaranteeing zero out-of-pocket costs
23 August 2019 - Doctors, Nexus Hospitals and Medibank start innovative joint replacement trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2019
Updated procedure and submission guidelines for the CADTH Common Drug Review
22 August 2019 - The Procedure and Submission Guidelines for the CADTH Common Drug Review has been updated with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2019
1 July Medicare rebate increases
1 July 2019 - The Australian Government is providing $187 million to increase patient rebates for 176 General Practitioners service items ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2019
NICE to make changes to health technology evaluation
26 June 2019 - The Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access, agreed by government and the ABPI in ...