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Quebec implements public reimbursement of Pluvicto - a defining milestone for radioligand therapy in Canada
3 July 2025 - Pluvicto now publicly funded in provinces covering most Canadians, offering renewed hope to those facing progressive PSMA ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
Bayer's Adempas gets insurance coverage in Korea 11 years after approval
21 May 2025 - The pulmonary arterial hypertension medicine Adempas (riociguat) will be covered by national health insurance starting next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
Top level push for taxpayer funding of weight loss drugs gathers pace
3 July 2025 - Pharma giants are sweating on the results of a federal government request for guidance on adding weight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
Calls for 'missing piece' menopause drug to be added to the PBS
2 July 2025 - A key treatment which could help around one million middle-aged Australian women remains unaffordable to many ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
Life-saving breast cancer drug now cheaper thanks to expansion of the PBS
1 July 2025 - A potentially life-saving treatment for early-stage breast cancer will become much more affordable for hundreds of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2025
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 July 2025
1 July 2025 - The July 2025 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2025
1 July 2025 - The July 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2025
Xtandi (enzalutamide) now funded in Ontario for all approved prostate cancer indications
26 June 2025 - Today, Astellas Pharma Canada announced that Xtandi (enzalutamide) is now funded by the Ontario Drug Benefit Program ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2025
After 9 year wait, Boehringer’s IPF drug Ofev faces generic threat weeks into Korea launch
24 June 2025 - Just two months after German pharma Boehringer Ingelheim secured long-delayed reimbursement for Ofev in Korea, generics ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2025
Australians with cystic fibrosis benefit from life changing expanded listing
24 June 2025 - More Australians living with cystic fibrosis will have affordable access to a life changing treatment option ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2025
‘Barriers lifted’: cystic fibrosis treatment reaches final waiting patients
23 June 2025 - Ex-Wallabies player Nathan Charles has lived with cystic fibrosis for decades. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2025
Cancer inhibitors scrapped from basic insurance for some users
18 June 2025 - National health care institute Zorginstituut Nederland has scrapped several cancer inhibiting drugs from the basic health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jun 2025
UCB's new psoriasis biologic Bimzelx debuts in Korea with reimbursement
13 June 2025 - Belgium-based UCB's novel psoriasis therapy, Bimzelx (bimekizumab), has officially entered Korea's competitive plaque psoriasis market with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2025
Gilead’s Trodelvy wins Korean coverage for breast cancer -- too late for some and still off-limits up front
12 June 2025 - It took two years, 100,000 signatures, and a wave of public pressure from patients and doctors. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
Research funding and more treatment options to support the fight against MND
9 June 2025 - The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the ...