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Glaucoma drug Vyzulta, psoriasis remedy Skilarence win insurance benefit
28 January 2022 - The government granted health insurance benefits for Bausch Health Korea’s glaucoma treatment Vyzulta (latanoprostene bunod) and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Highlights from CHMP 24-27 January meeting
28 January 2022 - EMA’s CHMP recommended seven medicines for approval at its January 2022 meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Recommendations made by the PBAC – December 2021 intracycle meeting
28 January 2022 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in December 2021 relating to the listing of drugs on the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
The certainty of uncertainty in health technology assessment
26 January 2022 - History is replete with stories of poor decisions—catastrophes that leaders might have averted, and great opportunities that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
The price of cystic fibrosis drugs is still too high
27 January 2022 - The Swedish Dental and Pharmaceutical Benefits Agency, TLV, has decided that Kaftrio and Kalydeco for cystic fibrosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2022
ICER releases draft evidence report on novel agents to prevent chemotherapy-induced neutropenia
25 January 2022 - Registration now open for 1 February “Early Insights” webinar. Public comment period now open until 22 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Method paper: new version 6.1 comes into force
24 January 2022 - The innovations concern, among other things, the procedure for evidence searches for medical guidelines. New concept ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
EMA publishes agenda for 24-27 Jan CHMP meeting
23 January 2022 - The EMA has published a draft agenda for this week's CHMP meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
The G-BA classifies three drugs as reserve antibiotics
20 January 2022 - The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) today exempted three drugs classified as reserve antibiotics from the regular early ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Immunotherapy with blinatumomab improves the chances of survival in very rare childhood blood cancer
20 January 2022 - The Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) today classified the additional benefit of the active ingredient blinatumomab as significant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
NICE moves: increased accessibility and flexibility for health tech
19 January 2022 - NICE also aims to make strides in digital, genomic and antimicrobial technologies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
NICE signals commitment to greater flexibility in its evaluation of promising new health technologies and making patient access fairer
20 January 2022 - Changes to the way medicines and other health technologies are evaluated by NICE for use in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
UK’s NICE to launch sweeping changes to drug assessments to be faster, more agile
19 January 2022 - The health technology assessment body has been under pressure from drugmakers and patient groups for years to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2022
Early benefit assessment for new drugs 2021: G-BA sets a record with 146 completed procedures
10 January 2022 - At the beginning of the year, the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) took stock of its assessment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jan 2022
Hyposensitisation with AR101 in peanut allergy: proof of lesser benefit
17 January 2022 - In the patient-relevant outcomes, there are only disadvantages for 4- to 17-year-olds compared to a pure peanut-avoiding ...