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Update from the PBAC (July 2025)
4 August 2025 - The PBAC update following the July 2025 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2025
PBS listing of Parkinson's drug a life-changing move for father of two Craig Gillespie
4 August 2025 - The price of a revolutionary treatment has plummeted from $130,000 a year to just $31.60 a script, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2025
Australians now take drastic steps to pay for vital medicines not on the PBS
4 August 2025 - Many Australians struggling to pay bills have had to borrow money, fundraise or take on extra work ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2025
Norgine welcomes PBS listing in Australia of Ifinwil (eflornithine) for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma
1 August 2025 - Approximately 50 children in Australia are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year, with nearly half classified as having ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2025
Trump takes aim at ‘foreign freeloading nations’ over drug prices in new threat to PBS
1 August 2025 - US President Donald Trump has blamed “foreign freeloading nations” for the high drug prices faced by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2015
1 August 2025 - The August 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2025
Agenda for the November 2025 PBAC meeting
30 July 2025 - The agenda for the November 2025 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2025
Drug giants targeting Australia’s PBS are paying tiny amounts of tax
28 July 2025 - Global pharmaceutical giants, including Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, are paying a tiny fraction of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2025
Government continues to make medicines cheaper
28 July 2025 - The Albanese Government is making cheaper medicines even cheaper – with legislation being introduced to Parliament ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2025
Australia’s PBS must ‘absolutely’ be protected in trade talks, says Make America Healthy Again medical adviser Aseem Malhotra
26 July 2025 - The chief medical adviser to Make America Healthy Again campaign has defended Australia’s PBS, as the Trump ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2025
New and expanded cheaper medicines for severe and life-threatening conditions
20 July 2025 - Australians with post-transplant cytomegalovirus, breast, bile duct and urothelial cancer now have access to new and expanded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2025
Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) – March 2025 PBAC meeting
18 July 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first-time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the March 2025 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jul 2025
Outcome statement - June 2025 DUSC meeting
18 July 2025 - The outcome statement from the June 2025 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
Pfizer broadside on PBS productivity amid pharma tariff fears
16 July 2025 - Multinational conglomerate Pfizer has accused the PBS of “undervaluing” medical products in a submission to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
Labor and Coalition in lockstep as Trump threatens to pull pharma tariffs forward
16 July 2025 - US President Donald Trump’s threat to bring forward planned tariffs of up to 200% on pharmaceuticals ...