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A comparative study of drug listing recommendations and the decision-making process in Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the UK
11 October 2016 - Drug listing recommendations from health technology assessment agencies often fail to coincide with one another. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Health and aged care are the new productivity reform frontier, Parkinson says
10 October 2016 - Australia needs to improve the productivity of its health and aged care sectors if it is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2016
Panadol Osteo price hike statement ambiguous but not misleading: ACCC
10 October 2016 - Statements linking a price increase of Panadol Osteo to its removal from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme were ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Personal health spending: boom in vitamins, supplements, painkillers
7 October 2016 - Almost a third of personal health spending is on vitamins, supplements, over-the-counter painkillers and other unsubsidised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2016
Guild submission to Pharmacy Review
5 October 2016 - The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has lodged its submission in response to the Review of Pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2016
Costs and concerns in cancer care
5 October 2016 - Some recently developed anticancer drugs appear to be a major advance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2016
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2016 update
1 October 2016 - The 1 October 2016 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits sees a number of new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2016
Breast cancer drug tamoxifen listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
1 October 2016 - More Australian women will have access to a preventative breast cancer medicine that has been listed on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2016
Recommendations made by the PBAC - August 2016
30 September 2016 - The outcomes from the August 2016 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2016
PBAC Guidelines review
29 September 2016 - The Department is arranging education workshops for industry organisations who will be making a PBAC submission using ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2016
Families to save hundreds of dollars under PBS changes
26 September 2016 - Australians will be able to save hundreds of dollars a year from October 1 as prices are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2016
The pill: Lower-income women locked out of new contraceptive ranges
23 September 2016 - Yasmin, Juliette, Diane, Brenda. The names are instantly recognisable to many women who take the contraceptive pill. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Sep 2016
Dual-attack lobbyists target Sussan Ley over PBS and prostheses
22 September 2016 - Lobbyists pushing for medical device manufacturers to maintain their lucrative deals on the government’s prostheses list also ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2016
Generic Medicines Working Group communique
20 September 2016 - The communique from the July 2016 meeting of the Generic Medicines Working Group is now available, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2016
Biosimilar awareness initiative reference group communique
20 September 2016 - The communique from the third Reference Group meeting is now available. ...