The President has signed a law that expands the free medication program. Now, in addition to seniors 75+, the solution will also benefit people over 65 and children and adolescents under 18. This will leave more money in the pockets of citizens. The expansion of the program is possible due to...
Andrzej Duda signed the Law of August 17, 2023, amending the Law on Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices and some other laws - signed August 21, 2023.
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians is relentless in its efforts to automate the reimbursement process in Poland, which will free doctors from the obligation to determine the degree of drug reimbursement. This administrative obligation not only takes away time that a doctor could spend with a...
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health Amending the Regulation on Prescriptions has been submitted for consultation.
- The availability of innovative medicines, which patients receive free of charge, is increasing, along with full qualification for these therapies and complete monitoring of the patient during them, Deputy Health Minister Maciej Miłkowski said during Thursday's meeting of the Parliamentary...
The Ministry of Health has published a new list of drugs and medical devices at risk of unavailability on Polish territory. These drugs must not be exported abroad. Which preparations and medical devices are missing?
The Draft Regulation of the Minister of Health amending the Regulation on guaranteed services in the field of hospital treatment has been submitted for consultation.
129 - that's how many proceedings concerning pharmaceutical offenses related to the illegal trading of medicines the General Pharmaceutical Inspectorate has been involved in over the past months. Of the notices of suspicion of crime sent by the GIF, as well as reports forwarded to the...
On Monday, July 24, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
An interview with Prof. Jack Grzybowski, head of the Cardiomyopathy Unit at the National Institute of Cardiology.
Obowiązujące od stycznia br. rozporządzenie ministra zdrowia w sprawie wykazu wyrobów medycznych wydawanych na receptę istotnie zmieniło dotychczasowe zasady refundacji dot. systemów ciągłego monitorowania glikemii. Nową grupą objętą refundacją, uwzględnioną w dokumencie, są dorośli diabetycy,...
Information from the President of URPL regarding the European Medicines Agency's PRAC Committee's review of data on the risk of suicidal thoughts during therapy with GLP-1 receptor agonists.
The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agency (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency have issued recommendations for action to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory tract infections among patients in Europe during the next winter season. The recommendations,...
AOTMiT has published the work plan of the Transparency Council from August 1 to 31.
The Transparency Council and the President of the AOTMiT have issued positive recommendations for the addition of pharizymab therapy to the drug program for retinal diseases. - This is an opportunity, especially for those patients for whom the drugs used so far do not bring the desired result,...
First reading of the government draft law on amending the law on health care services financed from public funds and the law on reimbursement of medicines, foodstuffs for special nutritional purposes and medical devices (print No. 3478) - substantiated by the Minister of Health.Consideration and...
The URPL website has published a message addressed to professional health care workers on the obstruction of access to a medicinal product. What drug is it about?
Since the beginning of July, treatment of drug-resistant depression with esketamine has been available in Poland under a drug program. This is the first such program in Polish psychiatry. So far, there have been no breakthroughs in the treatment of the disease, from which 1.5 million Poles...
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Health Minister Adam Niedzielski attended the "Health Picnic" in Wolomin, where they announced major changes to the free medication program.
We should expand preventive measures and increase the detection of chronic kidney disease throughout society, argues Prof. Beata Naumnik, head of the 1st Clinic of Nephrology and Transplantation with Dialysis Center, Medical University of Bialystok.
There is a chance that chronically ill patients who have to report to the hospital for biologic drug administration will be able to receive therapy from a specialist at an outpatient clinic. This will also increase the availability of such treatment, as outpatient clinics are able to accept more...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has changed the registration status of the drug lecanemab-irmb from accelerated approval to traditional approval. This was made possible by positive results from the Phase III 301 randomized controlled clinical trial (CLARITY AD).
On Monday, July 10, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
An expert panel of the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Section of the Polish Neurological Society has developed principles for the management of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders). These recommendations are based on the results of the...
Consideration of the government bill to amend the Law on Reimbursement of Medicines, Foodstuffs for Special Dietary Purposes and Medical Devices and Certain Other Laws, together with an auto-amendment (prints Nos. 3408 and 3408-A) - continued.
One representative of the National Health Fund, Richard Stypa, was missing from the latest composition of the Economic Commission.Chairman of the Economic Committee: Lukasz SzmulskiDeputy Chairman of the Economic Commission: Joanna KilkowskaSecretary of the Economic Commission: Krzysztof UrbanThe...
The Supreme Chamber of Physicians held a working group meeting on the problem of so-called prescribers, with the participation of Dariusz Samborski, Mikołaj Sinica - members of the Presidium of the Supreme Chamber of Physicians, Artur Drobniak - director of the NIL Center for Innovation and...
Disturbing information has reached the Ombudsman. Hospitals are sounding the alarm about shortages of very important drugs that patients should take after being discharged from medical facilities. The drugs in question are, for example, penicillin and amoxicillin, which are basically not...
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