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Public Summary Documents - December 2019 PBAC meeting
9 April 2020 - The Public Summary Documents relating to the December 2019 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Apr 2020
CSL boosting flu vaccine supply in coronavirus crisis
8 April 2020 - Australia’s biggest health company, CSL, is stepping up supplies of the latest flu vaccine after Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Cash back for health fund members from COVID-19
6 April 2020 - Health fund members could be in line for hundreds of dollars in cash payments or premium ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association granted interim authorisation by the ACCC
3 April 2020 - In an important collaborative step, Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association have today ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2020
Controversial malaria drug for COVID-19 cases on way to Australia
4 April 2020 - Australia has secured 2,000 courses of an anti-malaria drug that are to be shipped here and available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Truvada removed from PBS in Australia but affordable generic PrEP alternatives available
2 April 2020 - Australians will no longer be able to access Truvada from, which is used for HIV treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Blood cancer treatment added to PBS
1 April 2020 - Nearly a decade after doctors told him he had up to six years to live, Ian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Flu vaccination more important than ever during the month of April
1 April 2020 - With the 2020 flu season not far away, all Australians — and especially those in vulnerable groups ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Breakthrough medicines now available for blood cancer, breast cancer, HIV and epilepsy, saving patients up to $194,000
1 April 2020 - There’s new hope for thousands of Australian patients with myeloma, breast cancer, HIV and epilepsy, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Authorised nurse practitioners now eligible to prescribe certain Highly Specialised Drugs
1 April 2020 - From 1 April 2020, authorised nurse practitioners can prescribe hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
People over 65 to be given new flu shot for free
1 April 2020 - Amid the COVID-19 chaos, everyone is being urged to get the flu vaccine early this year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2020 update
1 April 2020 - The April 2020 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
1 April 2020 price disclosure confirmed prices
31 March 2020 - Confirmed 1 April 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 April cycle of price disclosure have been published ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Expansion of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme continued dispensing arrangements COVID-19
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has extended the temporary Continued Dispensing (Emergency Measures) for three months to 30 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Ensuring continued access to medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has approved a number of temporary changes to medicines regulation to ensure Australians can ...