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NICE appoints new head of health technology evaluation
26 April 2018 - NICE has announced that Meindert Boysen has been appointed as its director of the Centre for Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2018
'There’s no backup': baby formula crisis hits prescription market
26 April 2018 - On Thursday afternoon, Hannah Goland was within hours of running out of food for her newborn ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2018
Insights from the March 2018 PBAC meeting
26 April 2018 - Analysis of the outcomes from the March 2018 PBAC meeting reveals some interesting findings. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2018
Australia’s health panel: your chance to influence the health system
24 April 2018 - Australians will get a chance to have their say about the health system by joining a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Summary of submissions and outcomes from the March 2018 PBAC meeting
23 April 2018 - 71 submissions were considered by the PBAC; 66 relate to the listing of a medicine, medicinal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
'Like winning the lottery': why William will now have access to life changing drug
23 April 2018 - Naomi Taylor feels like she's won every lottery possible. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Company urged to lower cost of life-changing drug for cystic fibrosis
21 April 2018 - Health ministers have urged a pharmaceutical company to drop the price of a life-changing cystic fibrosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Cost-effectiveness thresholds: the past, the present and the future
23 April 2018 - Cost-effectiveness (CE) thresholds are being discussed more frequently and there have been many new developments in this ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
'They make a difference' - modern medicines not being funded for Kiwis, industry group says
20 April 2018 - Nearly a quarter of a million Kiwis are missing out on the latest in modern medicine, Medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Man, 31, dying of cancer is forced to pay thousands for miracle drug
23 April 2018 - A 31-year-old Sydney man with terminal cancer is being forced to pay thousands of dollars for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
All aged-care homes must offer staff flu vaccinations, Turnbull government orders
23 April 2018 - All aged-care home will be required to provide flu vaccinations to all staff after more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2018
Biosimilar education grant
23 April 2018 - A grant has been awarded to GBMA Education Limited to complement and extend the activities undertaken by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2018
The Australian Managed Entry Scheme: are we getting it right?
23 April 2018 - In 2010, the Australian Government introduced the managed entry scheme (MES) to improve patient access to subsidised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2018
Recommendations made by the PBAC - March 2018
20 April 2018 - The recommendations from the March 2018 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2018
Bible Hill firm has plan to lower drug prices
19 April 2018 - Genrus United is working on building large buying group. ...