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PBS expenditure and prescriptions report 2018-19
13 December 2019 - The PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2019
Top 10 drugs 2018–19
2 December 2019 - Rosuvastatin calcium (Crestor) was the top PBS/RPBS drug by prescription counts. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2019
Medical devices pushing private health expenses
19 November 2019 - Reforms to the cost of medical devices have failed to deliver a promised $250m in savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Health funds pressure Canberra over $700 million medical devices 'failure'
14 November 2019 - Australia's health insurers are putting pressure on the federal government to overhaul how much they pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2019
Paying £500 million more a week for drugs post-Brexit is based on a fairly extreme scenario
7 November 2019 - The UK could pay £500 million more per week for drugs following a post-Brexit trade deal with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2019
Medicines Australia welcomes investment in medicines
25 October 2019 - Medicines Australia has today welcomed the publication of the Department of Health’s annual report, showing net ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
Why high drug prices persist despite the fact good medicines are lowering health care spending
14 October 2019 - Here are a few things we know to be true. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Waste in the US health care system: estimated costs and potential for savings
7 October 2019 - The United States spends more on health care than any other country, with costs approaching 18% of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
NHS saves more than £700 million on medicines costs
2 September 2019 - The NHS has announced that it has saved more than £700 million from the annual medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
Show me the money
21 August 2019 - PBS a huge area of savings compared to other government-administered services including medical and hospital costs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2019
PHARMAC has spent tens of millions on OxyContin, blamed for America's opioid crisis
10 July 2019 - PHARMAC has spent tens of millions of dollars funding a painkiller at the centre of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
Pharma lobby nears spending records with drug prices under fire
23 April 2019 - Drug makers, groups disclose first-quarter spending increases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
The impact of pharmaceutical rebates on patients’ drug expenditures
18 March 2019 - The drug-pricing landscape in Canada is complex, with 4 different agencies and each provincial, territorial and federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2019
CMS updates drug dashboards with prescription drug pricing and spending data
14 March 2019 - Dashboards further the agency’s efforts to increase price transparency throughout the healthcare system and create incentives ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2019
Express Scripts saved plans $45 billion on prescription drugs in 2018
6 February 2019 - Expanded access to innovative medications through solutions that improve quality and affordability. ...