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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2018
Affordable Pharmacare the goal of study launched in federal budget
28 February 2018 - Advisory panel tasked with bringing relief to Canadians who pay some of the highest prices for prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2018
Pharmacare won't be free for all Canadians, Bill Morneau says
28 February 2018 - Finance minister hints 'fiscally responsible' plan won't be universal. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2017
Turnbull struggles to deal with funding the nation’s soaring health care demands
21 August 2017 - The Turnbull government will almost reach its cap on hospital funding in the first year of ...