Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2023
PHARMAC publishes minutes from February 2023 PTAC meeting
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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Michael Wonder