PHARMAC's response on temozolomide and funding costly medicines that prolong life shortly.
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Dr David Hamilton (http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1227/1774) accurately describes the clinical benefits of temozolomide and PHARMAC’s consideration of funding; and how this relates to what price to pay to prolong survival in incurable illnesses. We update progress with the funding of temozolomide, and agree there are dilemmas around the funding of high-cost medicines that give definite if limited survival gains.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The New Zealand medical journal
دوره 118 1227 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005