drug formulary – Charm

‘How much more are you willing to pay?’ – Hong Kong reviews HK$15 prescriptions

Cs news4 months ago02 mins

Patients at Hong Kong’s public hospitals and clinics may need to pay more for their prescriptions, with authorities reviewing the current heavily subsidised HK$15 (US$1.92) fee for a 16-week supply of medicine. Without disclosing details of the fee adjustment review, Dr Simon Tang Yiu-hang, director of cluster services at the Hospital Authority, said the aim…

Hongkongers to get faster, cheaper access to new medicines with improved procurement system

Cs news8 months ago02 mins

Hongkongers will have quicker and cheaper access to new medications when the Hospital Authority starts centralising new drug assessments and improving its procurement system to cut introduction times to its formulary by five months. The authority’s chief pharmacist, William Chui Chun-ming, said on Thursday doctors would no longer need to go through the assessment at…