Submissions to the March 2025 PBAC meeting

24 October 2024 - The Department of Health and Aged Care has received notification that pharmaceutical companies plan to bring ...

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Outcomes of the September 2024 PBAC intracycle meeting

18 October 2024 - The outcomes from the September 2024 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...

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Agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting (version 5)

11 October 2024 - Version 5 of the agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting is now available. ...

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Heart attack survivors find new treatment for recurrence risk

4 October 2024 - Mike Lynch was only 12 when his mother died of cardiovascular disease, in the years following he ...

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New cheaper medicines for auto-immune conditions, cancer and heart disease

8 October 2024 - Australians with types of vasculitis, leukaemia, heart disease, ulcerative colitis and arthritis now have access to ...

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World first cancer treatment now accessible for hundreds more Aussies as prices slashed with addition to the PBS

4 October 2024 - A world-first cancer treatment, discovered in Melbourne, has been added to the PBS. ...

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Securing supply of PrEP

1 October 2024 - The Australian Government is ensuring thousands of Australians, with or at risk of contracting HIV, are ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2024

1 October 2024 - The October 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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Cost barriers to medication access in Australia: an analysis of the Patient Experience Survey in context

30 September 2024 - In November 2023, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its 2022–23 Patient Experience Survey data. ...

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Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians

26 August 2024 - Economic evaluations have a long history in health care. Full economic evaluations aim to inform decision making ...

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New medicines could be PBS listed in just four weeks under a proposal the health minister calls 'visionary'

11 September 2024 - Have you ever had to wait for an important and expensive medicine to be subsidised? ...

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Final reports of the HTA Policy and Methods Review and Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process

10 September 2024 - The reports of the HTA Review and the Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process have been published. ...

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New and expanded PBS listings for Fabry disease and kidney cancer

9 September 2024 - Australians with Fabry disease, a rare genetic condition, and people with kidney cancer now have access ...

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Agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting (version 4)

6 September 2024 - Version 4 of the agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting is now available. ...

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Australians save over half a billion dollars on cheaper medicines

1 September 2024 - Thanks to the Albanese Labor Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) ...

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