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Drug shortage crisis demands intervention, AMA warns, as patients struggle to secure medicines
20 January 2025 - There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2024
How the Morrison Government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant
13 November 2024 - Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison Government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2024
Mark Butler secures 22 million IV fluid bags amid major shortage
27 August 2024 - The federal government has secured 22 million bags of IV fluids amid a major supply shortage ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2024
Dying patients up for $4,000 painkillers in drug supply crisis
21 August 2024 - Dying patients may have to pay more than $4,000 for a box of imported pain-killing tablets ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2024
Intravenous scandal escalates: the excuses are fluid
15 August 2024 - A shortage of intravenous IV fluid bags that is causing chaos in Australian hospitals is being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2024
Wegovy, a weight loss drug similar to Ozempic, will be sold in Australia from August 5
3 August 2024 - A drug that mimics popular weight loss medicine Ozempic will be available in Australian pharmacies within ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2024
Shortage of migraine medication crushing for chronic pain patients
23 February 2024 - A migraine medication shortage has spread across the country, threatening to leave tens of thousands of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2023
Hormone replacement therapy patch shortages are having a big impact on the women who need them
4 November 2023 - Women are being thrust back into the most severe stages of menopause amid long-running national shortages of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2023
New rules for weight loss ‘wonder drug’ after regulator clamp down
23 September 2023 - Australia’s pharmaceuticals regulator has ushered in new rules for a diabetes drug, which is being hailed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2023
‘A victim of its own success’: inside the great Ozempic shortage
26 May 2023 - The drug is approved in Australia to treat type 2 diabetes but people have flocked to it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2023
AstraZeneca vaccine discontinued by Federal Government
5 April 2023 - One of the first COVID-19 jabs offered to Australians has been quietly discontinued, the Federal Government has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
TGA’s new powers will help reduce the impact of medicine shortages on patients
24 March 2023 - From 22 March 2023, the TGA can approve the temporary import or supply of an overseas approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2022
COVID-19 vaccine procurement review says rapid access to vaccines and treatments key to on-going protection of Australians
27 September 2022 - Medicines Australia welcomes the independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment procurements by Professor Jane ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2022
Halton review into vaccine and treatment procurement
27 September 2022 - Professor Jane Halton AO has handed to Government her independent review of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine and treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Sep 2022
'Long-term harm' for diabetics unable to access medication
8 September 2022 - Diabetic patients could need liver transplants down the line due to the shortage of a life-altering ...