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‘Basic Bronze’ proposal to cut health insurance premiums
1 May 2017 - Health funds would be compelled to offer a standard, low-cost insurance policy under a proposal being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2017
The multi-billion-dollar subsidy for private health insurance isn’t worth it
27 April 2017 - Almost 20 years after the 30% subsidy for private health insurance was introduced, premiums continue to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2017
Brenzys lists on the Australian PBS and Pfizer denied discovery of documents to establish grounds for patent infringement
4 April 2017 - As of 1 April 2017, Samsung Bioepis' Brenzys, a biosimilar to Pfizer's Enbrel (etanercept), will join ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2017
$30m damages for infringement of Bayer’s Australian Yasmin patent - a “small” jurisdiction with big benefits
29 March 2017 - In a recent landmark Australian Federal Court decision, Bayer v Generic Health FCA 250, Bayer was awarded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2017
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Act 2017
29 March 2017 - The National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2016 was passed in the House of Representatives on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2017
Federal Court of Australia dismisses preliminary discovery application regarding biosimilar suspected of infringing manufacturing process patents
26 March 2017 - In the recent decision of Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals v Samsung Bioepis, Justice Stephen Burley of the Federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2017
Medibank skips health insurance grilling
15 March 2017 - Medibank won't join other health funds to explain soaring private health insurance premiums at a parliamentary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2017
Medibank Private 'highhanded', 'cynical' in misleading consumers: ACCC
14 March 2017 - Australia's largest health insurer Medibank has been accused of "cynical" and "high-handed" conduct that misled and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2017
Battle over hips and the hip pocket as prostheses costs fight heats up
12 March 2017 - Australia's medical technology bodies are gearing up for battle as the cost of replacement hips, knees ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
Industry group versus California newcomer in medical technology price row
9 March 2017 - The industry lobby group representing medical device manufacturers has rejected claims by a US manufacturer that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2017
The secret slug that will make the $200 annual increase in health fund premiums cost more
10 March 2017 - It's the secret double whammy that means next month’s health fund premium rise will hit your ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2017
Moves to end veto on health insurance premiums
9 March 2017 - Health insurers are stepping up their campaign to end government veto power over insurance premiums, arguing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Drug pricing report shows scope for more savings
6 March 2017 - The savings to the taxpayer in reducing the cost to Government of prescribed pharmaceuticals has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2017
Response to the Grattan Institute Report on medicine prices
6 March 2017 - Medicines Australia does not accept the findings of this latest inaccurate, selective and misleading Grattan Report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2017
Indicative 1 April 2017 prices - 2017 April cycle
23 January 2017 - Indicative 1 April 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 April cycle of price disclosure have now been ...