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Meningococcal B vaccine must be urgently added to the National Immunisation Program
19 July 2019 - It is particularly cruel that the people with the most life to live are the prime ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Personalised treatments may be threatened by drug cost-containment proposals
18 July 2019 - President Trump has said he plans to issue an executive order to lower what the United ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Toddler died of only meningococcal strain not on vaccine program
18 July 2019 - A toddler has died after contracting meningococcal B, the only strain of the potentially deadly disease with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2019
Two cancer immunotherapy makers face different situations in reimbursement talks
18 July 2019 - MSD returns to renegotiation table; BMS suffers from partner’s silence. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2019
Perth boy battles cystic fibrosis, with a life extending drug frustratingly out of reach
15 July 2019 - In many ways Connor Barrett is just like any other kid - he loves Peppa Pig ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2019
Breast cancer patients to have further NICE approved drug combination option on Cancer Drugs Fund
17 July 2019 - Another potentially life-extending drug combination for some people with advanced breast cancer will now be available on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
Superannuation raids to pay for fat surgery
17 July 2019 - Australians are tapping their superannuation to pay for healthcare at an unprecedented rate, with more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
National regulator denied offer to give Canadian physicians training on abortion pill
16 July 2019 - The group representing Canada’s family doctors turned down an offer from a national abortion group to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2019
Irish cystic fibrosis family face €12,400 bill after deportation victory in Australia
15 July 2019 - An Irish family threatened with deportation from Australia because their son has cystic fibrosis have been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2019
Brexit: 'No guarantee' of medicines if no EU deal agreed
14 July 2019 - Scottish Brexit Secretary Mike Russell has said he cannot absolutely guarantee the supply of medicine to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2019
China to soften generic drug buying program
15 July 2019 - Chinese drug makers jumped on Monday after a local news report that a centralised drug procurement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jul 2019
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme restrictions on anti‐epileptic drug prescribing promote unsafe and outdated practice
1 July 2019 - The PBS urgently needs to update anti‐epileptic drug prescribing restrictions that put patients and prescribers at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2019
Mulhollands' Māori health inquiry submission to focus firmly on drug funding problems
14 July 2019 - Malcolm Muholland's wife Wiki Mulholland has advanced breast cancer. Malcolm Mullholland says the details of an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2019
Protecting PHARMAC and cancer treatment
13 July 2019 - The "postcode lottery", delays and other failings for cancer treatment need to be addressed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jul 2019
Improving affordability of new essential cancer medicines
11 July 2019 - Effective cancer care requires investment in health infrastructure, a trained health workforce, and quality-assured, affordable medicines within ...