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Australians benefit from new and expanded medicines on the PBS
20 November 2024 - Australians with osteoporosis, a type of skin lymphoma, spinal muscular atrophy and type 2 diabetes will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2024
Evidence of clinical benefit of cancer medicines considered for funding in Australia
14 November 2024 - The objective was to describe the type of evidence and the clinical benefit of cancer medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2024
Outcome statement - October 2024 DUSC meeting
15 November 2024 - The outcome statement from the October 2024 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2024
Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) - July 2024 PBAC meeting
15 November 2024 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the July 2024 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2024
World leading approach to protect babies from RSV
10 November 2024 - Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best and most comprehensive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2024
Pharmas allege Government communication breakdown in medicine deferral crisis
10 November 2024 - Labor has failed to plan for the consequences of delaying drug subsidies and left hundreds of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2024
Health officials warn of ‘practical limitations’ to medicine subsidies despite ‘triage’
8 November 2024 - Fears of on-going delays to critical new medicine subsidies have been stoked by a Health Department ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Nov 2024
Additional PBAC meeting
6 November 2024 - The Albanese Government is ensuring patients get access to life changing medications and treatments as quickly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2024
Government scrambles after medicines delay outrage
6 November 2024 - Health Minister Mark Butler has directed the PBAC to hold an unprecedented extra meeting, after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2024
Medicine access debacle deepens with invoices for delayed services
5 November 2024 - Pharmaceutical companies whose medicines have been indefinitely delayed are being charged $200,000 per application despite no services ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Nov 2024
Drug authority decision wipes dozens of lifesaving new medicines from pipeline
4 November 2024 - Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has proposed an emergency meeting of the government’s independent drug subsidy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
Last hope: why it’s costing me $20,000 a month to stay alive
4 November 2024 - It’s Jemma Juckes’ last throw of the dice as she awaits a decision on whether a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
‘Brighter future’ for blood cancer patients battling rare condition
4 November 2024 - Mycosis fungoides affects three in every million Australians; for those few sufferers it is a near-constant agony ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2024
‘Life changing’ multi-cancer drug funding proposal in jeopardy
3 November 2024 - Australian cancer patients dying in wait for affordable access to a life changing treatment have been dealt ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2024
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 November 2024 update
1 November 2024 - The November 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...