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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2022
U.S. probes how pharmacies set drug prices as costs rise
7 June 2022 - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a probe into how big pharmacy benefit managers like ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2022
Government fails to adequately address medicine affordability for working Australians
29 March 2022 - The cost of medicines will continue to go up unchecked as the Federal Government has failed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2022
The biggest PBMs are handling more and more of the country’s drug price negotiations
22 March 2022 - Alex Schmelzer didn’t think he’d be the most-hated person in drug pricing negotiations, but he was. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Feb 2022
Women in Dobell can’t afford medicine
8 February 2022 - A third of women living in the federal electorate of Dobell struggle to afford prescription medicines, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Feb 2022
Pharmacist substitution of PBS medicines without a prescription during shortages (Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument) - 8 February 2022
8 February 2022 - From 8 February 2022, abatacept syringe (Orencia) and abatacept auto-injector (Orencia ClickJect) can be interchangeably substituted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
Pharmacists struggle to meet demand for free COVID test kits amid stock shortage
23 January 2022 - Chemists across the country say they do not have enough rapid antigen tests to start handing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2022
Billionaire Mark Cuban opens online pharmacy to provide affordable generic drugs
20 January 2022 - Billionaire investor Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy Thursday that offers more than 100 generic drugs at ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2022
TGA ‘knowingly putting pharmacists in serious danger’
18 January 2022 - The pharmacists’ union has accused the medical regulator of putting workers and customers at risk of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Dec 2021
Extension to image based prescription special arrangement
22 December 2021 - The Department of Health has extended the ‘image based prescription’ interim measure which allows the supply of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Nov 2021
The last drugstore: rural America is losing its pharmacies
10 November 2021 - Over 40 million rural Americans live in pharmacy deserts because of market consolidation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2021
Delaware to regulate multi-billion dollar pharmacy benefit manager industry, protecting consumers and local businesses
2 November 2021 - Department of Insurance will lead effort to rein in monopolistic behaviour and excessive pharmaceutical costs. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2021
Large employer group launches pharmacy benefit management business
26 October 2021 - A non-profit coalition of nearly 40 companies, including U.S. retailers Walmart and Costco, said on Monday it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2021
Tasmania's Pharmacy Guild wants antiviral COVID-19 pills available in all pharmacies
20 October 2021 - Tasmania has a stockpile of two different antiviral pill products which are sitting in the Royal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2021
Pharmacists opt out of third shot as doses of vaccine set to expire
14 October 2021 - The rollout of third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to thousands of immunocompromised people has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2021
Pharmacy Guild plan to halve PBS general patient charge for prescription medicine prices
26 September 2021 - The Pharmacy Guild has declared war on discount chains like Chemist Warehouse. ...