Drugs access review speeds help for Scots

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The price government puts on a year of your life is $50,000

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Clinical studies: Broad definition of commercially confidential information endangers transparency

In April 2014 the EU Parliament and Council commissioned the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to establish a publicly accessible database ...

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Eisai resubmits Fycompa to German Federal Joint Committee for additional benefit assessment

Eisai announced today that its German sales company Eisai GmbH has resubmitted its first-in-class anti-epilepsy drug Fycompa (perampanel) to the German Federal ...

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Request for information relating to adrenaline auto-injectors

In November 2014 PHARMAC issued a request for information from suppliers and wholesalers who may be interested in pursuing a listing ...

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Health experts worried as Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations conclude

Eight health and community organisations have written to the Trade Minister Andrew Robb expressing "grave concerns" about the latest leaked ...

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SMC advice - September 2013

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PHARMAC decision to award sole supply to Remicade (infliximab)

PHARMAC is pleased to announce that it has awarded Hospital Supply Status in DHB hospitals to Janssen-Cilag’s brand of infliximab, Remicade. In ...

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NICE 'sets price too high for NHS medicines'

The price the NHS in England agrees to pay for new medicines is too high, causing more harm than good ...

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Call for patient input

CADTH has received notices of pending submissions from BioMarin for galsulfase (Naglazyme) for patients with mucopolysaccharidosis type VI and from Amgen ...

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Added benefit of saxagliptin hydrochloride as monotherapy is not proven

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NICE set to recommend another leukaemia drug

NICE has issued further draft guidance for consultation that recommends obinutuzumab, marketed by Roche as Gazyvaro, for some people with ...

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IQWiG: internationally health economic evaluations are a fixed component of reimbursement decisions

Internationally health economic evaluations (HEEs) form a legally regulated fixed component in health-care decisions. This applies particularly to the drug ...

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Proposal to list a range of wound care products supplied by ConvaTec (New Zealand) Limited

PHARMAC is seeking feedback on a proposal to list a range of wound care products supplied by ConvaTec (New Zealand) ...

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Call for patient input

CADTH has received notice of a pending submission from Amgen for Prolia (denosumab) for the treatment of men with osteoporosis.  For ...

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