The latest list of reimbursed drugs includes 33 new substances, including seven in oncology indications. - This is the largest expansion of the reimbursement list since 2012, says Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna.
As announced by Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna, starting April 1 this year, patients will pay 10% less for drugs made in Poland and 15% less - if, in addition, ingredients made in our country were used in their production.
Achondroplasia is a rare genetic disease manifested, among other things, by short stature. About 560 children in Poland struggle with it. The Children's Ombudsman and the Patient Ombudsman have made a joint request to the manufacturer of the drug, which is intended for children affected by...
Endometriosis is a condition that affects about 6 to 10% of women between the ages of 15 and 49. As experts estimate, the disease may affect up to 3 million women in our country. The main problem is the late diagnosis of the disease, after an average of 6-8 years of pain disabling women from...
The Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector has decided to suspend nationwide marketing of the medicinal product named Paracetamol Aflofarm (Paracetamolum) oral suspension, 120 mg/5 ml, 1 bottle 100 ml GTIN 05909991076115 for the following series: Lot number: 04AF0622, expiration date: 30.06.2025 Lot...
An interview with Professor Krzysztof Giannopoulos of the Department of Experimental Hematooncology at the Medical University of Lublin.
Interview with Zbigniew Pawlowski, president of the Association of Families of Patients with Amyloidosis.
Today (March 4) another meeting of the Transparency Council.
The Minister of Health reminds that important changes to annual prescriptions come into effect on March 1, 2024.
Although we most often talk about depression as a stand-alone disease entity, it is worth being aware that it can occur in the course of bipolar disorder. This raises challenges of diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, not all options in pharmacotherapy are available to pediatric patients in...
- I would like to create an IVF program for 2024. I am committed to ensuring that every couple affected by infertility can afford it, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna said during the first meeting of the ministerial team on IVF.
Opublikowano rozporządzenie MZ z 14 lutego w sprawie leków recepturowych.
On Monday, February 26, the next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The Polish senior citizen's medicine cabinet is usually pathological, we have a great deal of unnecessary drugs and pathosupplementation. There is also a problem with so-called invalidating pharmacotherapy, when, as a result of drug complications and side effects, seniors feel increasingly...
Access to treatment of hemato-oncology diseases needs further optimization. More reimbursement decisions are needed. With access to modern first-line drugs, patients get much better treatment outcomes and are much less burdened by the therapeutic process. This is also a real benefit for the...
W poniedziałek 19 lutego kolejne posiedzenie Rady Przejrzystości.
Are we treating acute myeloid leukemia in Poland according to international guidelines? How do targeted therapies change the treatment outlook? Prof. Agnieszka Wierzbowska of the Department of Hematology at the Medical University of Lodz says.
A Notice of the Minister of Health dated February 7, 2024 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 has been published in the Official Journal of the Ministry of Health.
A decision on the morning-after pill will be made at the next session of the Sejm. The Confederation filed a motion during the second reading to reject the draft amendment to the Pharmaceutical Law, so the project must be dealt with by the Health Committee.
Acute myeloid leukemia is one of the relatively rare hematopoietic malignancies. We discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges with Professor Lidia Gil of the Department of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at the Poznan University of Medical Sciences.
- Anesthesiology takes patient safety as its starting point. Anyone undergoing sedation or anesthesia must first and foremost be safe," Professor Janusz Andres, president of the Polish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, told Medexpress in an interview.
– Program lekowy sprawił, że pacjenci są właściwie zaopiekowani i diagnozowani. Dzięki ostatniej aktualizacji mamy w programie nową cząsteczkę, farycymab, która pozwala istotnie wydłużyć odstępy czasowe między zgłaszaniem się pacjentów do ośrodka – powiedziała prof. Małgorzata Figurska z Kliniki...
Within the Polish Association of Employers of the Pharmaceutical Industry - National Drug Manufacturers, the section Biological Drugs for Poland has been separated, which will deal with activities aimed at increasing Polish patients' access to biological therapies and developing their production...
February 5 next meeting of the Transparency Council.
The WHO European Region has seen an alarming increase in measles cases in 2023, with more than 42,200 cases. Hospitalization rates have also increased in many countries.
The Ombudsman inquired whether the ministry could have had access to detailed health data.
During the session, it was scheduled:Preparation of an opinion on the use of the medicinal product BIMERVAX - vaccine against COVID-19 (recombinant, with adjuvant).Preparation of a position paper on the legitimacy of qualifying the service "Monitoring of cardiac function and therapy of dangerous...
Changes in the composition of the Presidium of the Commission. Consideration of information on the operation of the Medical Fund in 2020-2023 and the status of publicly funded infrastructure investments - presented by the Minister of Health.
A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Patient Ombudsman on the issue of penalties imposed by the NFZ on doctors who prescribe milk replacer to children suffering from severe food allergies. The meeting was attended by Minister Bartlomiej Chmielowiec - the Ombudsman for Patients' Rights,...
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