Drug companies won't deny Australia is being 'ripped off' on medicines

Multinational pharmaceutical companies are unable to assure Australians they are not being "ripped off" on the price of medicines as ...

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Patients in Manitoba and Saskatchewan living with the most common form of leukaemia now have access to a targeted treatment option

People in Manitoba and Saskatchewan living with Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) will now be able to access a new treatment option through the prescription ...

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New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 May 2015 update

The May 2015 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is out and now in effect. The Schedule includes the following new/revised entry: ...

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PBS Listing for Kalydeco and Soliris

Kalydeco and Soliris – new treatments for cystic fibrosis and aHUS respectively – will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits ...

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PBAC Public Summary Documents - November 2014

Additional Public Summary Documents (PSDs) from the November 2014 Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee meeting are now available on the PBS website. The links ...

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Public Summary Documents from the November 2013 PBAC meeting (rejections)

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Germany extends drug price freeze to end-2017

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Provinces taking too long to approve potentially life-saving cancer drugs: study

Canada’s two-tiered process of approving potentially life-saving oncology drugs is preventing cancer patients in some provinces from accessing medication that’s ...

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Call for feedback: draft guidelines on application fees for pCODR

CADTH invites all interested parties to provide feedback on the draft Guidelines for Manufacturers on Application Fees for the pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review. The ...

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Call for patient input

CADTH has received a drug submission from Boehringer Ingelheim for Spiriva Respimat (tiotropium bromide monohydrate). ...

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NICE asks for more information on Xolair for hives

Cost regulators for the National Health Service in England have asked for more information on the use of Novartis’ asthma ...

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Changes to the funding access criteria for some vaccines

PHARMAC is pleased to announce the following changes to the funding access criteria for a number of vaccines. The changes ...

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Update for patient groups

When CADTH’s first Call for Patient Input was issued in May 2010, three patient groups answered: Arthritis Consumer Experts, Canadian ...

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SMC advice - February 2014

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The final round of Public Summary Documents from the July 2013 PBAC meeting have been added to MAESTrO Australia

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