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Post-market review of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medicines – final report released
30 January 2018 - The final report and outcomes of the post-market review of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease medicines is now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2018
Rare disease medicine changes offer clarity
29 January 2018 - Proposed changes to the provision of medicines for rare diseases should bring greater certainty for people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2018
Medicines Australia welcomes LSDP review outcomes
28 January 2018 - Medicines Australia welcomes the Government’s announcement of an outcome from the post-market review of the Life ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2018
Review of the Life Saving Drugs Program - final report and Government response
28 January 2018 - After nearly 4 years and 3 health ministers, the final report and Government's response to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2018
Draft report for the post-market review of the use of biologics in the treatment of severe chronic plaque psoriasis
18 January 2018 - The draft report for the post-market review of the use of biologics in the treatment of severe ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2017
PBS expenditure and prescriptions report - 2016-17
20 December 2017 - The PBS expenditure and prescriptions report for 2016-17 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
Post-market review of ezetimibe - final report
20 December 2017 - The final report for the post-market review of ezetimibe and PBAC recommendations for the post-market review of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2017
Report urges transparency in health system
19 December 2017 - Individual doctors' fees should be available in a searchable database, according to a recommendation of a Senate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2017
CHF supports Healthy people, healthy systems
18 December 2017 - The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association’s blueprint for a national health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2017
Not so anonymous: Medicare data can be used to identify individual patients, researchers say
18 December 2017 - Researchers say they can identify individuals in government healthcare data that was supposed to be anonymous, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2017
Recommendations made by the PBAC - November 2017
15 December 2017 - The recommendations from the November 2017 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2017
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2016-17
14 December 2017 - From 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, approximately 85 million under co-payment prescriptions were supplied ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2017
Public summary documents - July 2017 PBAC meeting
27 October 2017 - The public summary documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the July 2017 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2017
New fact sheets - infliximab biosimilars
22 September 2017 - Fact sheets about infliximab biosimilars for consumers and health care professionals are now available on the Department ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2017
Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
14 September 2017 - Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...