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Browse our health professional information, resources and educational activities on using new drugs.
| Title | Description | Content type | Date* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Update: the new consumer version of NPS RADAR | Medicine Update, a new publication from NPS, will review newly listed PBS medicines for a consumer audience, with a quality use of medicines focus, and will be available on-line from the NPS website. | Professional publication - NPS RADAR - Brief item | 2007-04-01 00:00:00 |
| Evaluating new drugs | Provides an overview of the principles and practices for assessing and prescribing new drugs. | Professional publication - NPS News | 2005-12-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS News 31 (INSERT): Questions to ask when assessing a new drugs and glossary of EBM terms | Provides a list of questions to ask when assessing a new drug and glossary of evidence-based medicine terms | Professional publication - NPS News | 2003-12-01 00:00:00 |
| New drugs | Practical examples of how to assess efficacy and safety of new drugs against promotional claims, as well as ways to consider affordability and patient acceptance. | Professional publication - NPS News | 2006-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Questions to ask when evaluating a new drug & Glossary | A checklist of questions to ask when assessing a new drug, and definitions of some evidence-based medicine terms which may help when reading clinical papers. | Professional publication - NPS factsheet | 2003-12-08 00:00:00 |
| NPS News 7: New drug treatments | Prescribing new drugs and managing pharmaceutical company representatives wanting to sell and patients wanting the latest treatments. Report on case study 3 (benzodiazepines). | Professional publication - NPS News | 1999-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Critical assessment of new drugs | Examines the process of critical assessment of new drugs with consideration of their adverse effects and cost effectiveness | Professional publication - NPS News | 2003-12-01 00:00:00 |
| NPS News article: Weighing up the cost-effectiveness of new drugs | Article discussing what 'cost-effectiveness' means in relation to new drugs and health. | NPS RADAR - Health Professional Publication | 2003-11-21 00:00:00 |
| What do we really know about new drugs? | Suggests a cautious approach to new drugs, given the limitations of evidence, lack of safety profiles in clinical trials and side effects seen in postmarketing surveillance. | Professional publication - NPS News | 2004-12-01 00:00:00 |
| Evaulating new drugs | Tips for GPs on how to interpret pharmaceutical company materials in order to make educated decisions about prescribing new drugs | Professional publication - NPS News | 2002-12-01 00:00:00 |
Useful information from Australian Prescriber
| Content type | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Prescriber - Article | 2005-02-01 00:00:00 | New developments in antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection |
| Australian Prescriber - Article | 2002-10-01 00:00:00 | How we write about new drugs |
| Australian Prescriber - Article | 1998-10-01 00:00:00 | When to use a new drug |
| Australian Prescriber - Editorial | 2006-02-01 00:00:00 | New drugs for old |
| Australian Prescriber - Editorial | 2004-02-01 00:00:00 | Are new drugs as good as they claim to be? |
| Australian Prescriber - Editorial | 2004-02-01 00:00:00 | Need for new drugs: a response |
| Australian Prescriber - Editorial | 2004-02-01 00:00:00 | Expensive new drugs: do we really need them ? |
Date published: 2009-09-20 00:00:00
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