Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

Application 1063

Photodynamic therapy for Verteporfin (Visudyne) for Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisations (Commercial in Confidence)

Application No.

1063

Application Name and Project OfficerPhotodynamic therapy for Verteporfin (Visudyne) for Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisations (Commercial in Confidence)
Advisory PanelsDr Ray Kirk
(Chair and MSAC member)
Dr Terri Jackson
(MSAC Member)
Associate Professor Denis Stark
(co-opted Ophthalmologist)
Dr Alex Harper
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists nominee)
Associate Professor Ian McAllister
(Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists nominee)
Mr Frank Fisher
(Consumer Health Forum of Australia)
Associate Professor Justin O'Day
(co-opted eye specialist)
Date Received by MSAC Secretariat11 November 2002
Stage 1 - EligibilityEligible
Stage 2 - AssessmentCompleted
Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the MinisterMSAC recommended on the strength of evidence pertaining to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation lesions, the current public funding arrangements remain unchanged.
Stage 4 - DecisionEndorsed by the Minister 11 March 2005
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