Terminally ill patients despair amid price war over CAR-T cancer therapy

22 February 2024 - Australia risks “being pushed to the back of the queue” of countries to gain access to ...

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Funding verdict looms on ‘future of cancer therapy’

21 November 2023 - The chance of survival for hundreds of Australians living with a deadly type of blood cancer ...

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‘Unacceptable’: Dad’s cancer treatment denied

6 September 2023 - Australians who can enlist radio stars and politicians are getting access to life saving cancer treatment while ...

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MSAC can't find a place for Carvykti

10 November 2022 - The outcome from Janssen's application requesting the public funding of ciltacabtagene autoleucel for the treatment of ...

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MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming meeting

24 November 2021 - 10 agenda items for consideration at the 31 March - 1 April 2022 meeting. ...

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Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy

5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...

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New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer

5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...

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MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming ESC meeting

14 May 2021 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of the applications scheduled to be considered at the ...

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Expanded access to cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy

28 January 2020 - The Australian Government is expanding access to a cutting edge and potentially curative cancer therapy for patients ...

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'Cutting edge' $500,000 treatment for aggressive blood cancers

28 January 2020 - Australians battling highly aggressive blood cancers could start a groundbreaking treatment within weeks, after the federal ...

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Life saving therapy denied to dying cop

20 November 2019 - Doctors at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital are refusing to treat a terminally ill cancer ­patient ...

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Immunotherapy a groundbreaking new cancer treatment, but prohibitively expensive

10 September 2019 - Dave Roberts is fighting for his life, and his doctor says there is only one option ...

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Melbourne to pioneer free treatment to save sickest cancer kids

4 August 2019 - The nation’s youngest cancer patients, who had previously been forced to travel overseas for lifesaving treatment, will ...

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Federal Government takes first major step in adopting new wave of personalised medicine for Australian patients

16 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes the Government’s investment in new technology with Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor ...

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Future in cancer treatment arrives for Australian children and young adults battling leukaemia

15 April 2019 - Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health today announces availability of novel life-saving cancer treatment CAR-T ...

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