THE Health Department has
opened the public submission
process for its post-market reviews
of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease (COPD) medicines as well
as Ezetimibe.
Both consultations will be open
for a seven week process, closing at
5pm eastern time on Fri 22 April.
The consultations aim to look at
the current use of the medications
in the light of clinical guidelines as
well as recent clinical studies that
look at long term patient outcomes.
For COPD medicines the terms
of reference aim to analyse
the utilisation of PBS listed
therapies to “identify the extent
of co-prescribing and use that is
inconsistent with clinical guidelines
and/or PBS restrictions”.
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