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Cheaper medicine for kidney disease patients
28 October 20925 - Tens of thousands of Australians living with chronic kidney disease will soon have access to more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2025
Chronic kidney treatment made cheaper for people like Franki
28 October 2025 - A diabetes drug that helps to slow kidney damage will be made available to more people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2025
Long-lasting contraceptive gets new PBS listing
26 October 2025 - Women will be given more birth control choices from Saturday with a monthly vaginal ring, which can ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2025
Delivering better access to contraception for Australian women
27 October 2025 - Australian women will soon have better access to affordable contraceptive options thanks to the Australian Government’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2025
Up to 6,000 patients to benefit from NICE-approved life-extending prostate cancer drug
24 October 2025 - People living with metastatic prostate cancer in England will gain access to a new treatment combination from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2025
New life saving medicine free for rare disease
22 October 2025 - Australians with the extremely rare and life-threatening inherited disease, acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD) will now have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2025
Updated information about Pharmac’s priority lists (September 2025)
21 October 2025 - Pharmac’s Pūahoaho Report provides the latest information about applications for medicines, vaccines, and related products that we’ve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2025
Sarilumab for the treatment of children/adolescents 2-17 years of age with polyarticular or oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
22 October 2025 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of sarilumab (Kevzara) for the treatment of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2025
Clascoterone for the treatment of patients 12 years of age and older with acne vulgaris
22 October 2025 - NICE is unable to make a recommendation on the use of clascoterone (Winlevi) for the treatment of patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2025
PHARMAC proposes greater transparency for medicine funding decisions
20 October 2025 - PHARMAC is proposing changes to bring greater transparency and clarity to how medicine funding applications are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Health Economics Methods Advisory Group releases draft report: asssessing treatment benefits in health technology assessment decision-making
9 October 2025 - Public comment period now open until 30 October 2025. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Rare cancer lifeline comes with dual drug discounts
17 October 2025 - Two common immunotherapy drugs will now be subsidised for all advanced or metastatic cancers, providing a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Immunotherapy for patients with advanced cancers
17 October 2025 - More Australians living with advanced cancer could have access to immunotherapy treatment options, thanks to a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
First HIV prevention injection for people unable to have daily PrEP recommended
17 October 2025 - A ground-breaking HIV-1 prevention injection has been recommended by NICE, marking a significant advance for a small ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Same time decisions on licensing and value - what pharmaceutical companies need to know
10 October 2025 - Learn how NICE and MHRA are launching an aligned pathway to accelerate patient access to medicines and ...