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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 14 Dec 2021
Australia launches National Preventive Health Strategy
13 December 2021 - The Australian Government has today launched the National Preventive Health Strategy, a 10 year plan to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2021
Canada's national strategy for drugs for rare diseases needs a holistic approach
8 December 2021 - International report summarises drugs for rare disease best practices and recommendations. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2021
Shining a light on PHARMAC
6 December 2021 - It is encouraging to read the country’s drug buying agency PHARMAC is already moving to improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2021
PHARMAC welcomes interim report
2 December 2021 - PHARMAC accepts many of the observations made in the Interim Report and is already making changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2021
What happened to the promise of universal pharmacare?
25 November 2021 - Canada is the only developed country in the world with a universal health care system that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2021
It’s time to better support the three million Canadians with a rare disease
25 November 2021 - After finding out her private health insurer would no longer pay for a drug helping with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2021
Bolstering our ability to value health technology: a few less considered issues
9 November 2021 - Proposals for a national entity to produce and assess evidence about the relative value of medical technology ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2021
Universal health care is a fundamental right — being delusional is not
10 November 2021 - Singapore’s Health Ministry has announced that its citizens who choose not to be vaccinated will be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2021
The evolution of the Italian National Health Service
22 October 2021 - 40 years ago, Italy saw the birth of a national, universal health care system (Servizio Sanitario Nazionale ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2021
Cystic fibrosis medicine added to PHARMAC's options for investment list
27 October 2021 - PHARMAC has announced that Vertex’s triple combination modulator therapy, known in some countries as Trikafta, has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2021
The challenges of inadequate financial support for Australians with cancer
21 October 2021 - The publicly funded Medicare system in Australia has been recognised as a leading universal health care model. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
Belgium may remove step between paying doctors and reimbursement
8 October 2021 - Doctors and dentists could soon choose to only charge patients for co-payments – the non-refundable part ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
Review of the National Medicines Policy
11 October 2021 - The call for submissions closed on Friday 8 October 2021 and a total of 107 submissions have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Oct 2021
Medicare reverses course on decision to universally cover breakthrough medical devices for 4 years
4 October 2021 - In January 2021, in the waning days of the Trump Administration, the CMS finalised a rule ...