PHARMAC publishes agenda for this week's PTAC meeting

PHARMAC

16 August 2023 - Another underwhelming agenda that was only published after agitation on social media.

The agenda for this week's PTAC meeting has finally been published. There is no application for a cancer medicine.

  • Empagliflozin - type 2 diabetes mellitus (restriction change)
  • Empagliflozin - renal failure (new indication)
  • Tocilizumab - giant cell arteritis (new indication)
  • Infliximab SC - multiple indications (new formulation)
  • Ofatumumab - multiple sclerosis (new medicine)
  • Poly pill - unclear
  • Food thickeners - review

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