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Agenda for the July 2018 PBAC meeting (update)
30 April 2018 - The Department of Health has published a revised agenda for the July 2018 PBAC meeting on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
Dieppe mom wants $350K drug covered for son
29 April 2018 - Dominic Melanson suffers from spinal muscular atrophy, but his condition has improved since taking drug. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 May 2018 update
1 May 2018 - The May 2018 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
Final NICE nod for Keytruda in bladder cancer
30 April 2018 - MSD’s Keytruda has become the only immunotherapy to be funded by the NHS for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 May 2018
1 May 2018 - The May 2018 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
Brexit diagnosis predicts drug delay for UK patients
28 April 2018 - One of Scotland’s leading neurologists has warned that Brexit will delay the newest life-saving drugs reaching ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
A new incentive to encourage the prescription of biosimilars
26 April 2018 - The Directorate General of Health Care Supply and the Directorate General of Social Security published a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2018
Fight over PHARMAC's switch to generic anti-depressant brand continues
27 April 2018 - Depression sufferers wanting to remain on old anti-depressant brand can – but at a cost. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2018
CAR-T therapy could be available to NHS patients this year
27 April 2018 - NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has indicated that chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
What is the evidence for the performance of generic preference-based measures? A systematic overview of reviews
27 April 2018 - Finch assessed the evidence on the validity and responsiveness of five commonly used preference-based instruments, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
Agenda for the July 2018 PBAC meeting
27 April 2018 - The agenda for the July 2018 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
Public Summary Documents – December 2017 PBAC meeting
27 April 2018 - The Public Summary Documents (first time rejections and deferrals) from the December 2017 PBAC meeting are now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
IQWiG in dialogue on 15 June 2018: Do the new "estimand" strategies threaten the standards of benefit assessment?
26 April 2018 - Registration now possible/discussion about current method proposals of the EMA. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2018
Universal health care, worldwide, is within reach
28 April 2018 - The case for it is a powerful one—including in poor countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2018
PHARMAC turns down DHB request for free flu vaccine for 'super spreader' kids
24 April 2018 - Health authorities are bracing for a potentially deadly flu season in New Zealand this winter after ...