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COVID-19 update: FDA continues user-fee related reviews
16 April 2020 - The U.S. FDA's User Fee programs help us fulfil our mission to protect public health while ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Novo Nordisk offers free 90 day insulin supply to people experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19
14 April 2020 - People with diabetes using Novo Nordisk insulin who have lost health insurance coverage because of a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Cash back for health fund members from COVID-19
6 April 2020 - Health fund members could be in line for hundreds of dollars in cash payments or premium ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Regulatory information - 1.6% increase in fees from 1 April 2020
1 April 2020 - General, non-pharmacovigilance fees payable to EMA by applicants and marketing-authorisation holders are increasing by 1.6% on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2020
COVID-19: health funds delay premium increase to assist members
29 March 2020 - Private health insurers have announced they will postpone planned April 1 premium rises for at least ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2020
Change to monthly dispensing
27 March 2020 - PHARMAC has changed Pharmaceutical Schedule rules that restrict the dispensing of funded community medicines to just one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Private health funds dump April 1 premium rises, suspend policies
26 March 2020 - Health funds have started cancelling the April 1 price rises giving Australians immediate price relief on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2020
Insulin costs may be capped in a Medicare program
11 March 2020 - If drug companies and insurers agree to participate, the Trump administration proposes limiting insulin costs to $35 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2020
COVID-19: developers of medicines or vaccines to benefit from free scientific advice
13 March 2020 - EMA provides full fee waivers for scientific advice applications from developers of potential therapeutics (to treat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
PBS cost recovery information forum – webinar recording and resources available
17 February 2020 - On 12 February 2020, the Department of Health hosted an information forum via webinar to commence ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Feb 2020
Who’s profiting from your outrageous medical bills?
14 February 2020 - The same people who should be fixing them. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2020
AARP, United Healthcare and CVS keep prescription drug prices higher for seniors
11 February 2020 - Even under Medicare, older Americans are paying a high price for AARP. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
Many in U.S. worry about affording health care in retirement
11 February 2020 - Nearly half of Americans aged 50 to 64 worry they won’t be able to afford healthcare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
Employers shoulder plenty of drug costs, but haven’t lobbied much to lower them — until now
3 February 2020 - Companies like Pepsi, Walmart, and Jack in the Box foot the bill for more than 150 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
CVS to offer diabetes drugs at no out-of-pocket costs for PBM members
29 January 2020 - CVS Health Corp said its pharmacy benefit management unit is launching a new program, under which ...