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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 27 Apr 2025
Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) – December 2024 PBAC meeting
24 April 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first-time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the December 2024 PBAC meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Recommendations made by the PBAC – March 2025
24 April 2025 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in March 2025 relating to the listing of medicines on the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2025
Multiple myeloma drug subsidised after treatment costs ballooned
24 April 2025 - It’s one of the few cancers still considered incurable, and those diagnosed with multiple myeloma will likely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2025
Eli Lilly issues warning for Australia as Trump signals pharma tariffs
15 April 2025 - Eli Lilly says it could pull tens of millions of dollars invested in Australian clinical trials unless ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2025
Public Summary Documents – December 2024 PBAC meeting
11 April 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the December 2024 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2025
Agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting
2 April 2025 - The agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2025
American pharmaceutical boss does not support tariffs on Australian medicines
26 March 2025 - The head of one of America's largest pharmaceutical companies says he does not support tariffs on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2025
New and expanded cheaper medicines
27 March 2025 - Australians with Cushing’s syndrome, retinal vein occlusion and psoriatic arthritis, leukaemia, and women needing contraception and menopause ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2025
Public Summary Documents (first time rejections and deferrals)– November 2024 PBAC meeting
21 March 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the November 2024 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2025
Strengthening Medicare: cheaper medicines to get even cheaper
20 March 2025 - The Albanese Labor Government is making cheaper medicines even cheaper – with a script to cost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2025
Why US drug giants are so angry about Australia’s PBS
20 March 2025 - US pharmaceutical giants hope the protectionist Trump administration will force Australia to increase the price it pays ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
PBS medication to cost no more than $25 under Labor re-election pitch
19 March 2025 - Australians are set to save a combined $200 million a year under the plan, which will cost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
Australia defends PBS as US companies urge Trump to impose reciprocal tariffs
19 March 2025 - American medical giants have labelled the federal government's PBS "egregious and discriminatory" and have pressed US ...