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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 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 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 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 03 Jul 2025
Top level push for taxpayer funding of weight loss drugs gathers pace
3 July 2025 - Pharma giants are sweating on the results of a federal government request for guidance on adding weight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
Calls for 'missing piece' menopause drug to be added to the PBS
2 July 2025 - A key treatment which could help around one million middle-aged Australian women remains unaffordable to many ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
Life-saving breast cancer drug now cheaper thanks to expansion of the PBS
1 July 2025 - A potentially life-saving treatment for early-stage breast cancer will become much more affordable for hundreds of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2025
1 July 2025 - The July 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2025
Australians with cystic fibrosis benefit from life changing expanded listing
24 June 2025 - More Australians living with cystic fibrosis will have affordable access to a life changing treatment option ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2025
‘Barriers lifted’: cystic fibrosis treatment reaches final waiting patients
23 June 2025 - Ex-Wallabies player Nathan Charles has lived with cystic fibrosis for decades. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
Research funding and more treatment options to support the fight against MND
9 June 2025 - The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2025
Government lists life-changing epilepsy drug fenfluramine on PBS
4 May 2025 - For the Sutton family, finding a drug that controlled four-year-old daughter Layla’s rare form of epilepsy was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2025
Come to grips’: fighting lymphoma from home
28 April 2025 - Australian patients with the most common form of lymphoma will for the first time have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Ketamine nasal spray to become cheaper for Australians with treatment-resistant depression
28 April 2025 - A nasal spray that uses a form of ketamine to treat stubborn depression will be added ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2025
Doctors push for weight loss drugs to be added to the PBS
1 April 2025 - The cost of prescriptions for weight loss drugs is being brought into question, with doctors pushing ...