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Cancer sufferers deliver eight PHARMAC funding petitions to Parliament
7 May 2019 - People desperately seeking cancer treatment which could extend their lives by years have called on politicians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2019
Medicines Matter – Government confirms commitment to uncapped PBS
3 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s announcement of $331 million for the listings of innovative medicines on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2019
Record investment advances long term national health plan
2 April 2019 - The Liberal National Government is investing a record $104 billion in 2019–20, up from $75 billion in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2019
Access, value and investment: making the right choices for a healthy Australia
22 January 2019 - Medicines Australia has today lodged its submission to the 2019-2020 Federal Budget. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2018
EU drugs agency says Brexit move to eat into 2019 budget
14 December 2018 - The EMA said on Friday its draft budget for 2019 was slightly lower than last year, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jun 2018
The biopharmaceutical industry provides 75% of the FDA's drug review budget. Is this a problem?
28 June 2018 - Caroline Chen of ProPublica has written a provocative article challenging the objectivity of the FDA in its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2018
Budget matters: infrastructure to support robust generic drug competition
18 June 2018 - The FDA launched its Drug Competition Action Plan more than a year ago, with the aim of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2018
Prime Minister reveals £20 billion a year boost for NHS
18 June 2018 - By 2023/24 there will be £20 billion more a year being spent on the NHS “in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2018
Rationing medicines by stealth with Government budget announcement
17 May 2018 - Big expectations from the Government today as it increases the pressure on PHARMAC to perform with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2018
Budget 2018: PHARMAC to buy all medicines for DHBs
17 May 2018 - People who need expensive PHARMAC funded drugs can access them regardless of their DHB's ability to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2018
PHARMAC budget 2018/19
17 May 2018 - PHARMAC is pleased that the Government has announced an uplift in PHARMAC’s funding. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2018
Federal budget 2018: $1.3 billion plan to make Australia a medical technology leader
8 May 2018 - The Coalition has taken up calls for genetic and precision medicine innovations, announcing a new $1.3 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2018
Government commits to PBS, time to unpack the detail
8 May 2018 - Medicines Australia welcomes the announcement of $1.4 billion for the listing of innovative medicines on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2018
Guaranteeing essential services - record investment in health
8 May 2018 - The 2018–19 Budget is guaranteeing the essential health services that Australians rely on, with a $12.4 billion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2018
Affordability of new technologies: the next frontier
22 March 2018 - Affordability, or rather a lack of it, has become a new buzzword in health policy. It is ...