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Actuaries push for insurers to pay cancer patients upfront
8 June 2017 - The Actuaries Institute and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia are calling for private health insurers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2017
Recommendation made by the PBAC - April 2017
2 June 2017 - PBAC publishes single outcome from out of session meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2017
Poor funding for research, treatment means lower survival rates for rare cancers
17 May 2017 - Tracey Trumper had already survived breast cancer when she was hit last year with a devastating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2017
Push to cut cancer drug cost
10 May 2017 - Women with advanced breast cancer have been offered a new lifeline — but it comes at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2017
Cancer sufferer pushes for life-changing drug palbociclib to be subsidised in Australia
9 May 2017 - A far north Queensland woman is calling for a cancer drug she currently gets through monthly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2017
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 May 2017
1 May 2017 - The 1 May 2017 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits sees a number of new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2017
Stan Zemanek’s widow Marcella calls for more funding into rare cancers
2 April 2017 - The widow of radio broadcaster Stan Zemanek has made an emotional plea to the federal government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2017
Rare cancer drug added to PBS
25 March 2017 - A drug used to treat a rare form of cancer now widely available through the national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2017
Public summary document for Keytruda (pembrolizumab)
22 March 2017 - The public summary document for pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer from the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2017
Chemotherapy compounding payment scheme - extension to the non-mandatory claiming period
17 March 2017 - The proposed date for mandatory inclusion of the Compounder ID with eligible EFC claims is being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2017
The refusal of Medicare to fund a $60 blood test means cancer patients miss out on treatment
19 February 2017 - Mother of two Lisa Briggs and thousands of other lung cancer patients battling the nation’s deadliest ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2017
Updated PBAC outcomes for November 2016
7 February 2017 - Subsequent to the deferral at the November 2016 PBAC meeting, the PBAC recommended the PBS listing of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2017
Funding cuts threat for radiation patients
6 February 2017 - Radiologists have warned that a $23.7 million cut to federal support for cancer-fighting equipment will undermine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2017
Advanced ovarian cancer treatment placed on the PBS, a move praised by doctors and patients
1 January 2017 - Women with advanced ovarian cancer can now pay significantly less for a groundbreaking drug, in a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2017
Patients battling deadly ovarian, lung cancer to have affordable access to new drugs
31 January 2017 - Sick patients battling deadly cancers will have affordable access to new drugs which usually cost more ...