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HHS finalises historic rules to provide patients more control of their health data
9 March 2020 - Final rules require access to health information, spur innovation and aim to end information blocking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2020
Five years on, biosimilars need support from all health care players
6 March 2020 - Today marks a milestone for the U.S. biosimilar market: the FDA approved our first biosimilar, Sandoz’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2020
Price controls imposed by shortsighted politicians keep new life-saving drugs out
5 March 2020 - Politicians need to step outside the Ottawa bubble and understand how their policies impact the lives of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2020
How would single payer health care in the US impact pharma? A pricing perspective.
5 March 2020 - The US health care system is the most complicated amongst advanced industrialised countries. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Social spending to improve population health — does the United States spend as wisely as other countries?
5 March 2020 - If U.S. social spending levels are similar to those of other high-income countries and health care spending ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2020
Joe Biden's health care plan would spend $750 billion more on Obamacare and cap drug price inflation
4 March 2020 - Joe Biden’s sweeping success on Super Tuesday doesn’t just establish him as the 2020 Democratic frontrunner. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2020
The coronavirus could help pharma reset its reputation in Washington
3 March 2020 - The coronavirus outbreak could be the pharmaceutical industry’s ticket to saving its reputation in Washington. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2020
First National Action Plan for rare diseases
26 February 2020 - The Australian Government will provide up to $3.3 million for activities to implement the first National Strategic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2020
The past, present, and possible future of public opinion on the ACA
19 February 2020 - When the Affordable Care Act became law in 2010, public opinion of it was narrowly divided and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Population-based payments may help ensure access to life-saving antibiotics for Medicare beneficiaries
18 February 2020 - In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an updated report on Antibiotic Resistance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Calls to change private health after funds lose 47,000 younger members
18 February 2020 - Health insurers and private hospitals are stepping up calls for government reform to help reverse a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Private health cover numbers still dwindling, APRA reports
18 February 2020 - Almost 10,000 Australians dumped private health cover in the last three months of last year, leaving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2020
Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals
14 February 2020 - The country’s vaunted public health-care system has a big gap. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2020
Exploring the application of cost-effectiveness evaluation in the Japanese National Health Insurance System
3 February 2020 - Advances in health care due to the development and introduction of new drugs and medical devices have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
Urgent review needed into private health insurance system: APRA
4 February 2020 - The prudential regulator has questioned the ongoing viability of Australia’s ailing private health insurance system and ...