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Aussies to access subsidised cancer drug
24 February 2019 - Australians with advanced bladder cancer may be able to access a drug to be subsidised nationally, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 February 2019 update
1 February 2019 - The February 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2019
Cancer patient relying on family and friends to help pay $4,500 every three weeks for medication
30 January 2019 - "It's just a really strange position to be in, that if you can't find the money ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2019
Expensive lung cancer drug added to PBS
20 January 2019 - A drug that helps patients suffering lung cancer has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2019
PBAC - 2018 in review (cancer)
10 January 2019 - The PBAC considered many submissions for new cancer medicines (new medicine, new indication and new combination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 January 2019 update
1 January 2019 - The January 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Dec 2018
Rare lung cancer medication made available on the PBS
28 December 2018 - The Liberal National Government will make a medicine for a rare type of lung cancer caused by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Dec 2018
Life-prolonging drug for rare cancer sufferers to be made more affordable with PBS listing
28 December 2018 - A life-prolonging medicine for sufferers of a rare lung cancer is to be made available for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2018
PBS - 2018 in review
13 December 2018 - The high number of new listings on the PBS in 2018 serves to debunk Bill Shorten's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2018
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 December 2018
1 December 2018 - The December 2018 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2018
New PBS listing vital to Australians living with acute myeloid leukaemia
30 November 2018 - Leukaemia Foundation CEO Mr Bill Petch has today supported the Health Minister Mr Greg Hunt’s PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2018
Five more cancer drugs go on the PBS
30 November 2018 - Australian cancer sufferers will have greater and more affordable access to five treatments from Saturday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2018
'Death sentence': One-in-a-million rare cancers get the 'sorting hat' treatment
13 November 2018 - For people with the rarest of cancers, the hope of survival or an effective treatment can ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
PBAC shows no propensity to support Amgen's innovative method of analysis
12 November 2018 - Amgen's recent submission for blinatumomab (Blincyto) treatment of patients with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in haematological ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2018
Potent drugs to treat lung cancer and high cholesterol added to PBS
28 October 2018 - Australians with advanced lung cancer and a genetic high-cholesterol condition will have cheaper access to potent ...