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Health Technology Assessment Review Reference Committee will drive reform to support Australian patients
10 April 2022 - The Health Technology Assessment Review Reference Committee announced (via the Department of Health website) is tasked ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2022
Life Saving Drugs Program – medicines reviews recommendations
7 April 2022 - This document outlines 51 recommendations from the Life Saving Drugs Expert Panel review. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2022
Consultation now open - review of base case discount rate at 3A.1 of the PBAC Guidelines
5 April 2022 - The Commonwealth has entered into a new Strategic Agreement in relation to reimbursement, health technology assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2022
DUSC utilisation analysis public release documents
25 March 2022 - The utilisation analysis public release documents from the October 2021 DUSC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2022
Government opts for additional consultation on National Medicines Policy review
24 March 2022 - The Government has heeded the calls from Medicines Australia, patient groups, health bodies, and industry by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2022
National Medicines Policy too important to be rushed before Federal Election
10 February 2022 - Following consultation with members – and heeding the concerns of the Consumers Health Forum and patient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2022
Review of the National Medicines Policy – consultation on draft National Medicines Policy extended
8 February 2022 - The consultation period on the draft NMP was due to close on Wednesday 16 February 2022. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2022
Medicines Australia calls for new National Medicines Policy to be pushed back until after the federal election
4 February 2022 - Medicines Australia is today calling for the new National Medicines Policy to be pushed back until ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2022
ABPI analysis on NICE’s changes for evaluating new medicines: next steps
31 January 2022 - NICE has published a new Manual, which sets out how the latest medicines and health technologies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2022
Review of the National Medicines Policy – consultation on the draft closes 16 February 2022
2 February 2022 - Since August 2021, the Committee has heard from nearly 200 stakeholders through bilateral interviews and virtual group ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2022
NICE publishes new combined methods and processes manual and topic selection manual for its health technology evaluation programmes
31 January 2022 - Changes to the way medicines and other health technologies are evaluated by NICE have now been incorporated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2022
How are child specific utility instruments used in decision making in Australia? A review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee public summary documents.
28 January 2022 - Measuring and valuing health-related quality of life in children can be challenging but is an important component ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2022
National Medicines Policy Review – publication of submissions
21 January 2022 - On 30 August 2021, the National Medicines Policy Review Committee invited submissions to support the Review of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
NICE moves: increased accessibility and flexibility for health tech
19 January 2022 - NICE also aims to make strides in digital, genomic and antimicrobial technologies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
UK’s NICE to launch sweeping changes to drug assessments to be faster, more agile
19 January 2022 - The health technology assessment body has been under pressure from drugmakers and patient groups for years to ...