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FDA's Gottlieb 'extremely worried' on CAR-T reimbursement
24 October 2018 - FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb stressed the need for reform on the reimbursement side of medicine, calling it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Digital technology could revolutionise drug reimbursement in Spain
8 October 2018 - Digital technology could play a major role in creating a system that reimburses medicines based on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2017
European Medicines Agency - Payer Community meeting
9 October 2017 - The EMA and European Union health care payers met on 19 September 2017 to explore synergies and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2016
Registration and reimbursement of new cancer medicines in Australia
7 June 2016 - This letter to the Editor of Value in Health Regional Issues for Asia responds to a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Apr 2016
The virtues and vices of single-payer health care in the US
13 April 2016 - The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign has produced many surprises. One unexpected turn is the reemergence of single-payer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2015
Cancer drugs fund 'is not sustainable' after exceeding its budget by 50% to help 74,000 patients receive life-saving treatments not approved by NHS watchdog
17 September 2015 - A fund set up by the Government to pay for potentially life-saving drugs that have yet to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2015
Health system ‘won’t fund’ dad’s $2,000 a week cancer treatment, despite free heart transplant
17 September 2015 - Vincert Keppler survived a heart transplant he received for free but now he has a rare cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2015
NICE proposes further research for Dupuytren’s contracture treatment
16 September 2015 - NICE has today confirmed its previous final draft guidance not to recommend collagenase clostridium histolyticum (Xiapex, Swedish ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2015
Rare disorders process yields first funding decision
15 September 2015 - People with the rare blood condition hereditary angioedema are the first to benefit from the increased competition ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2015
PHARMAC request for proposals – supply of progestagen-only long-acting intrauterine systems
11 September 2015 - PHARMAC invites proposals for the supply of progestogen-only long-acting intrauterine systems in New Zealand. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2015
CADTH calls for patient input
26 August 2015 - CADTH has received notice of a pending submission from ApoPharma for deferiprone (Ferriprox) for patients with transfusional ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2015
NICE green light for Sankyo's bloodthinner Lixiana
25 August 2015 - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued a final recommendation for Sankyo’s blood thinner ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2015
Final NICE green light for Takeda's Entyvio
26 August 2015 - Crohn’s disease patients can now get routine access to treatment with Takeda’s biologic Entyvio on the National ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2015
Changes to growth hormone and botulinum toxin s100 programs
26 August 2015 - Updated frequently asked questions have been prepared that provide further detail on the 1 September 2015 changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2015
Meet the health crusader saving lives with cheap drugs
20 August 2015 - A Tasmanian man with hepatitis C is taking on a global pharmaceutical company for what he says ...