The co-author of the report "Report B.44. Treatment of Patients with Severe Asthma," Dr. n. econ. speaks about the cost of treating severe asthma. Michal Seweryn.
During the session, it was planned:Preparation of a position paper on the evaluation of the drug Mizetam (ezetimibum + atorvastatin) in the indication: prevention of cardiovascular events, i.e. as replacement treatment in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD, Coronary Heart Disease) and...
The most important event of 2023 for us was the amendment of the Reimbursement Law. Unfortunately, until today, modest provisions supporting the production of medicines and active substances have not been implemented. We are not taking advantage of the potential of the domestic pharmaceutical...
Is it too late to urge Poles to get the flu vaccination? The patient's path to this vaccination is complicated. We will talk about all sorts of organizational barriers that make the level of implantation in Poland leave much to be desired.
The European Commission, together with the European Medicines Agency and the heads of member states' medicines agencies (HMAs), today published the first EU list of critical medicines. Today's publication follows a commitment in the Commission's Communication on tackling drug shortages in the EU...
In the first list effective in 2024, public funding was provided for 19 newmolecule-indications, including:8 molecule - oncology indications,11 molecule - non-oncology indications,10 molecule indications dedicated to rare diseases.The reimbursement notice effective January 1, 2024 (No. 73),...
During the session, it was planned:Preparation of a position paper on assessing the appropriateness of qualifying the health care service "Pharmaceutical care" as a guaranteed benefitPreparation of an opinion on the use of hyperthermia treatment in cancer diseasesPreparation of an opinion on the...
As of November 1, 2023, patients should pay less at pharmacies for reimbursed drugs made in Poland or from Polish ingredients. Meanwhile, the health ministry has not published a list of drugs covered by the reduction, and it is not included in the draft announcement that will be in effect from...
An interview with Prof. Marcin Czech of the Mother and Child Institute, president of the Polish Pharmacoeconomic Society.
The Draft Announcement of the Minister of Health on the List of Reimbursed Drugs, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices, which will come into effect on January 1, 2024, has been published.
The OJ of the Ministry of Health published a Notice of the Minister of Health dated December 7, 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.
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Doctors of the Healthcare Employers' Agreement are appealing to Minister Ewa Krajewska to make public information about the shortage of vaccines against COVID-19 Novavax-Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 - The situation of shortage of vaccines with simultaneous media campaign results in a huge number of phone...
In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. This consists of a newborn screening program and a drug program that includes three therapies, including gene therapy. Thanks to the possibility of implementing treatment as early as the...
An interview with Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski.
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...
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