PHARMAC publishes draft agenda for November 2019 PTAC meeting

PHARMAC

18 October 2019 -  Eight agenda items; not one new medicine/product.

The PTAC is set to consider the following medicines:

  • Multiple (listed) medicines for multiple sclerosis - widening access criteria (nothing new here) 
  • Cladribine - multiple sclerosis  (new use for an old medicine)
  • Sirolimus - widening of access to include lymphovascular malformations (new use for an old medicine)
  • mTOR inhibitors - renal angiomyolipoma and refractory seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (nothing new here)
  • TNF alfa inhibitors - amendment of criteria for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (nothing new here)
  • Tacrolimus suppository – rectal inflammation (new formulation of an old medicine)
  • Adalimumab & infliximab - drug monitoring Inflammatory bowel disease (nothing new here)
  • Adalimumab - ulcerative colitis (new use for an old medicine)

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