Excellent presentation on transparency in relation to evidence and prices by Dimitra Panteli #ppriconference2024

Importance of Clinical Study Reports availability was highlighted due to the potential for 'spin' in academic publications.

2 key slides from Meindert Boysen (HTAi) keynote address for me #ppriconference2024

The slide on the left speaks to the 'opportunity cost' associated with funding new health interventions.

The slide on the right,
'HTA is the air traffic controller of patient access' 👏

Excited to be in beautiful Vienna for 5th PPRI conference. Looking forward to hearing how we can ensure access to affordable medicines & the frameworks implemented elsewhere.
We will be presenting a poster on reimbursement of medicines in 🇮🇪 tomorrow. Lea
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Great to see 32 different Patient Organisations represented among our audience at our NCPE webinar on 'Making a Patient Organisation Submission to the NCPE' Thanks to all attendees Caitríona Ní Choitir and Laura McCullagh

Colleagues in RCSI along with HSE QPS are hosting this interesting knowledge exchange event on 'Medication Without Harm's on Monday 22nd April from 9.30am to 2.30pm.

Registration at link below.
4 CPD points are available relevant HCPs.

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It is always inspiring to see the achievements of all my colleagues but it is especially inspiring/motivating when they are women with busy lives & families.

#InternationalWomensDay

.School of Medicine 3rd Year students who completed their 2nd Year research project under my supervision NCPE presenting our poster today at the SPHeRE national conference. This project has been recently updated and I'm excited to share updated findings soon.

Dr Amelia Smith of HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) presenting on the increasing number of patients on newer anti-diabetic drugs (GLP1s & SGLT2s)...interesting to note patients are getting these meds across LTI & GMS schemes 🤔

Great to hear abt the benefits 4 hospitals (& fundamentally, Patients) when they participate in the gainshare arrangement as part of Best Value Biologic initiative HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) !
When the best value med is prescribed, savings, that can be distributed for use elsewhere, are made!

Chief I pharmacist, Claire Gorry, giving an overview of Health Technology Assessment and Health Technology Management working in a continuum. HTM underpinning much of the current work of the HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP)

The NCPE are hiring! We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to assist in co-ordinating national and international HTAs. We are accepting applications until the 10th of March. Further information available at stjamescareers.ie/Job/JobDetail?…

Gerry O'Carroll tried to frame Joanne Hayes for murder

Her false confession was extracted by violent coercion

When she wrote a book about this experience, he sued her for defamation

And a jury found in his favour

He put a small brave publisher out of business

Truly exciting findings for an extremely debilitating condition #HG #NVP

Hopefully this can lead to the development of effective (& fairly priced!) treatments

ICER Identifies Most Significant 2022 US Drug-Price Hikes Unsupported by New Clinical Evidence: icer.org/news-insights/…

Fantastic kick from the Skerries man 👏👏👏

Louise McSharry The staff in the Rotunda hospital were first responders on the scene with paramedics. They are traumatised. Now they are being advised to stay in and not leave for safety reasons. It is affecting access for worried patients to the hospital and parents trying to visit sick babies

1) As racist comments are made following the horrific attack on women & children in #ParnellSquare , a shout out to the many people in our police, emergency & health services who are from other countries & cultures who helped today & help everyday to keep us all safe & well.

Click below to register your interest for the MMP National Medicines Forum in Feb 💊 it's shaping up to be an interesting and informative day!

RIP Ashling Murphy.

Powerful words.

With increasing expenditure on drugs in Ireland, the role of cost containment is of growing importance. Claire Gorry of HSE Medicines Management Programme (MMP) nicely outlined the synergistic relationship between HTA & HTM in 🇮🇪 in informing implementation of managed access protocols NCPE #ISPOREurope