The Economic Commission was joined by representatives of the Health Ministry Sylwia Kacprzykowska, Katarzyna Klimkowska, Lukasz Kucharenko, Pawel Tobiaszewski.The Economic Commission is a team that conducts price negotiations with applicants for reimbursement of drugs, foodstuffs for special...
Interview with Zbigniew Pawlowski, president of the Association of Families of Patients with Amyloidosis.
The doctor's role is to treat patients, and all bureaucratic activities, including those involving, among other things, time-consuming marking of drug payment levels on prescriptions, should be reduced as much as possible. It is not the doctor but the Minister of Health who decides in his...
A team of electrophysiologists from the Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders at the National Institute of Cardiology (NIKard) performed the first implantation of an extravascular cardioverter defibrillator (EV-ICD) in Poland on Tuesday (14.11.). The device was implanted in a 43-year-old patient with...
The Health Ministry has published an announcement on medicinal products not subject to funding under the emergency procedure for access to drug technologies.
The Ministry of Health has published the current composition of the Economic Commission. Magdalena Gałązka, Martyna Kosmala and Justyna Wilk were missing from the team.The Economic Commission is a team that conducts price negotiations with applicants for reimbursement of drugs, foodstuffs for...
On November 1 this year, an amendment to the Reimbursement Act came into effect. Among other things, it provides for a reduction in patient fees for drugs manufactured in Poland to 10% and those containing domestically produced active substances to 15%. However, until today the Health Ministry...
We asked Michal Dzięgielewski, director of the Treatment Department at the Ministry of Health, about the prospects for the development of medical robotics in Poland.
AOTMiT has published the Transparency Council's work plan from November 1 to 30.
Although we are treating lung cancer at a world-class level thanks to recent reimbursement decisions, it is still the number one cause of cancer deaths. According to Prof. Dariusz M. Kowalski, detection and diagnosis need to be improved.
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published the Announcement of the Chief Sanitary Inspector dated October 27, 2023 on the 2024 Immunization Program.
In an era of growing e-commerce services, controlling the sale of medicinal products online is a challenge. Recognizing the potential for the development of illegal practices related to this, the General Pharmaceutical Inspectorate, in cooperation with Allegro, is launching an educational...
Gender balance in senior managerial positions is not only a matter of social justice, it is also key to building more diverse and effective organizations. GSK member of 30% Club Poland. Working together for equality.
The Health Ministry is extending until the end of the year the rule on verifying the history of prescriptions for narcotics and psychotropic drugs before issuing more. The rule will have a warning category, rather than a blocking category.The Health Ministry reminds that on August 2, 2023,...
The Commission has adopted a set of measures to more effectively prevent and alleviate critical drug shortages in the EU - this winter, next winter and beyond. Recent critical shortages, including a shortage of some antibiotics last winter, demonstrate that coordinated action is needed to address...
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published a Notice of the Minister of Health dated October 20, 2023 on the list of reimbursed drugs, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices for November 1, 2023.
Factory-filled injectors falsely labeled as Ozempic medicinal product (semaglutide, solution for injection, doses: 1 mg; 0.5 mg; 0.25 mg) have appeared in some EU countries in the legal distribution chain. The counterfeit injectables are labeled in German. How do you know you're dealing with a...
The Headquarters of the National Health Fund presented a draft order of the President of the National Health Fund amending the order on the terms and conditions of contracts for providing comprehensive oncology services (draft dated 17.10.2023).
The laser beam from a device dedicated to urology called Thulio strikes the kidney deposit with the utmost precision, crushing the stone into extremely small pieces without leaving any residual lithiasis. The only device of this type in Poland is owned by EMC SA Group's St. Anne's Hospital in...
Opublikowano Projekt obwieszczenia Ministra Zdrowia w sprawie wykazu refundowanych leków, środków spożywczych specjalnego przeznaczenia żywieniowego oraz wyrobów medycznych, który wejdzie w życie 1 listopada 2023 r.
The lentiviral vector manufacturing facility was opened on Thursday (12.10.) within the structures of the Genetic Engineering Department of the Świętokrzyskie Oncology Center. It was established thanks to funding from the CAR-Net (Polish Chimeric Antigen T-cell Network) project. The goal of the...
The right to free medicines for seniors 65 plus and adolescents under 18 was supposed to improve access to treatment, but most importantly, it was supposed to abolish the sense of health inequality in certain age groups. Meanwhile, as the doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement emphasize,...
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published a Notice of the Minister of Health dated October 11, 2023 on the list of medicinal products, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices at risk of unavailability on the territory of the Republic of Poland.
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published a Notice of the Minister of Health dated October 9, 2023, on the list of immunizations carried out at the pharmacy, which can be fully or partially financed from public funds.
No quality defect has ever been found with regard to Janssen's XDD955 series of Covid-19 vaccine. This must be made clear, giving the lie to any reports in the public space that Polish patients received a defective vaccine.
Jest komunikat ministra zdrowia w sprawie importu docelowego oraz jego refundacji.
Health Ministry representative Dominika Kais-Kaminska joined the Economic Commission .The Economic Commission is a team that conducts price negotiations with applicants for reimbursement of drugs, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices. The Commission, in accordance with...
TRANSPARENCY COUNCIL MEETING NO. 40/2023 OCTOBER 9, 20231. Imfinzi (durvalumabum) Indication: under the drug program "Treatment of patients with biliary tract cancer (ICD-10: C22.1, C23, C24.0, C24.1, C24.8, C24.9) Decision problem: preparation of a position paper on the evaluation of the drug2....
The new data, obtained during four years of follow-up, confirm the long-term effectiveness of the of the oral drug (risdiplam) in treating children with the most severe form of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA type 1). That's the data from the FIREFISH clinical trial, which was presented at this...
Imaging studies play a key role in the process of diagnosing, monitoring and treating many medical conditions. High-quality imaging equipment has a direct impact on the accuracy of diagnoses and patient comfort during examinations. That's why it's worth taking a closer look at the United Imaging...
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