PHARMAC publishes minutes from February 2023 PTAC meeting

PHARMAC

21 June 2023 - The meeting was held on 16-17 February 2023 in person and via Zoom.

The PTAC considered applications for the following technologies:

  • Ustekinumab for patients with Crohn's disease - recommended (low priority)
  • Ustekinumab for patients with ulcerative colitis - recommended (low priority)
  • Voretigene neparvovec for patients with an RPE65-mediated inherited retinal dystrophy - deferred
  • Rotigotine for patients with Parkinson's disease  - recommended (if cost-neutral)
  • Rotigotine for patients with restless legs syndrome - recommended (if cost-neutral)
  • Ketamine for patients in palliative care with intractable pain - recommended (low priority)
  • Darolutamide for patients with prostate cancer - recommended (high priority)
  • Methylnaltrexone bromide for patients with opioid-induced constipation - recommended (low priority)

In summary, only two new medicines (one recommended, the other deferred) and just one cancer medicine (recommended).

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