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Millions need New Year medicines price cut
24 December 2025 - New data reveals Australians are still faced with the tough choice of skipping or rationing medicines—due ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2025
PBS safe, government vows after US-UK medicines deal to increase spending revealed
8 December 2025 - The Federal Government has vowed the PBS is not up for negotiation after it was revealed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2025
Australia in talks with US over Trump demands to pay more for medicine
2 December 2025 - Australia is talking to the Trump administration and global drug companies about the United States’ push ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2025
Australia’s PBS faces heat from Trump’s new drug pricing deal
2 December 2025 - Britain has agreed to pay 25% more for new medicines to escape Donald Trump’s pharmaceutical tariffs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2025
US pharma ramps up attack on Australia’s ‘discriminatory’ drug pricing
20 November 2025 - The US pharmaceutical industry is increasing pressure on Donald Trump to take action against the PBS, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2025
Trump’s trade war is not the only threat to cheap PBS medicines
10 August 2025 - Australia’s health system is rightly celebrated for its universal access and cost effectiveness, but its outdated assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Labor ‘very concerned’ by Trump pharma threat
7 August 2025 - The Albanese Government says it is “very concerned” after Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on a key ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Labor vows to ‘fight’ as Trump threatens pharma tariffs
8 August 2025 - The Albanese government is vowing to “fight for the PBS” as Donald Trump tries to strong-arm ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
How Australia is getting tangled in Trump’s fight with big pharma
6 August 2025 - The US president is angry Americans pay more for their medicines. Will he want the PBS – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2025
Trump takes aim at ‘foreign freeloading nations’ over drug prices in new threat to PBS
1 August 2025 - US President Donald Trump has blamed “foreign freeloading nations” for the high drug prices faced by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2025
Australia’s PBS must ‘absolutely’ be protected in trade talks, says Make America Healthy Again medical adviser Aseem Malhotra
26 July 2025 - The chief medical adviser to Make America Healthy Again campaign has defended Australia’s PBS, as the Trump ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
Pfizer broadside on PBS productivity amid pharma tariff fears
16 July 2025 - Multinational conglomerate Pfizer has accused the PBS of “undervaluing” medical products in a submission to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
Labor and Coalition in lockstep as Trump threatens to pull pharma tariffs forward
16 July 2025 - US President Donald Trump’s threat to bring forward planned tariffs of up to 200% on pharmaceuticals ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
Big pharma calls out Australia’s ‘freeloading’ on US medicine
3 July 2025 - American pharmaceutical manufacturers have ramped up pressure on Donald Trump to take action against Australia over its ...
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 ...