PBS ‘not on the table’ in battle for pharmaceutical tariff exemption, despite lobbying

9 July 2025 - The threat of global 200 per cent tariffs on pharmaceutical products presents a challenge to Australia’s drug ...

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Will miracle HIV drug go on the PBS?

5 July 2025 - A new twice yearly antiviral injection that can prevent HIV is likely to be approved soon in ...

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Public Summary Documents - March 2025 PBAC meeting

4 July 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the March 2025 ...

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Top level push for taxpayer funding of weight loss drugs gathers pace

3 July 2025 - Pharma giants are sweating on the results of a federal government request for guidance on adding weight ...

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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 ...

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Calls for 'missing piece' menopause drug to be added to the PBS

2 July 2025 - A key treatment which could help around one million middle-aged Australian women remains unaffordable to many ...

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Life-saving breast cancer drug now cheaper thanks to expansion of the PBS

1 July 2025 - A potentially life-saving treatment for early-stage breast cancer will become much more affordable for hundreds of ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2025

1 July 2025 - The July 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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Australians with cystic fibrosis benefit from life changing expanded listing

24 June 2025 - More Australians living with cystic fibrosis will have affordable access to a life changing treatment option ...

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‘Barriers lifted’: cystic fibrosis treatment reaches final waiting patients

23 June 2025 - Ex-Wallabies player Nathan Charles has lived with cystic fibrosis for decades.  ...

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‘The sky’s the limit’: how Australian scientists rewrote the cancer script

20 June 2025 - A major shift in cancer treatment will be publicly funded and is set to dramatically increase the ...

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Recommendations made by the PBAC - May 2025

20 June 2025 - The recommendations from the May 2025 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...

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Calls for weight loss drugs like Ozempic to be subsidised for people with schizophrenia

11 June 2025 - Queensland researchers are calling for weight loss medicines to be listed on the PBS for people ...

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Research funding and more treatment options to support the fight against MND

9 June 2025 - The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the ...

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DoH publishes revised agenda for July 2025 PBAC meeting (version 4)

10 June 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for next month's PBAC meeting. ...

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