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Cancer expert to head review into efficient and equitable access to chemotherapy medicines
1 May 2021 - Renowned cancer expert Professor Sanchia Aranda AM will head an Australian Government review aimed at making ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2020
Integrative review of managed entry agreements: chances and limitations
10 October 2020 - Managed entry agreements consist of a set of instruments to reduce the uncertainty and the budget impact ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Pharmacists welcome medicine review update
21 April 2020 - Elderly people at risk of medicine-related harm will now have their treatments more regularly reviewed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2020
PBAC – 2019 in review
8 January 2020 - The PBAC considered 188 submissions in 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
Biostatistics: a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science
28 October 2019 - The value of our health and medical research investment is at risk unless we foster the discipline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2019
High health care costs suggest review is needed: report
8 October 2019 - The federal government’s annual $6 billion spend on the health insurance rebate could be redirected to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2019
Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review
22 July 2019 - How will issues such as disruptive innovation, precision medicine and climate change affect Australia's medicines policy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2019
Pharma giant wants vaccination reform
9 July 2019 - Pharmaceutical giant GSK is calling for Australia to update its review of subsidised immunisation programs and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2019
PBS process improvements webinar - information forum
31 May 2019 - The Department of Health will be hosting a webinar on 14 June 2019 to provide industry, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Health insurers welcome Coalition review on natural therapies
8 April 2019 - Health insurers have welcomed a Coalition pledge to reconsider a ban on cover for natural therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
After 16 reviews we know how to fix health care, experts say
28 February 2019 - After 16 national reviews in 35 years, the road map for improving the health care system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2019
PBAC - 2018 in review
7 January 2019 - The PBAC considered 195 submissions in 2018; 173 were considered by the PBAC in 2017. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2018
Changes to TGA/PBAC parallel processing arrangements for biosimilar medicines
18 September 2018 - Submissions requesting the listing of a new biosimilar medicine are no longer eligible to be submitted under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2018
Biosimilar awareness initiative – literature review
3 September 2018 - The biosimilar literature review update for the period March 2018 to May 2018 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2018
Medicines Australia welcomes announcement LSDP Expert Panel
31 August 2018 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s announcement by Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP on the ...