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Outcomes of the May 2021 PBAC intracycle meeting
18 June 2021 - The outcomes from the May 2021 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jun 2021
Efficient funding of chemotherapy review - submissions on discussion paper
18 June 2021 - The efficient funding of chemotherapy review discussion paper was released on 21 May 2021 to gain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2021
Vaccine confusion as clots force jab switch for two million
17 June 2021 - Health authorities are scrambling to switch more than two million Australians aged under 60 to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2021
Expanded PBS listing to save Australians around $120,000 a year
17 June 2021 - More than 800 Australians with stage IV advanced or metastatic kidney cancer will now have improved access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2021
Health care funding decisions and real world benefits: reducing bias by matching untreated patients
14 June 2021 - Governments and health insurers often make funding decisions based on health gains from randomised controlled trials. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2021
Updated financial estimates workbook
10 June 2021 - An updated version of the Utilisation and Cost Model workbook and User Manual is now available to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2021
End ‘vaccine frustration’ and let pharmacies join the rollout: Pharmacy Guild
9 June 2021 - New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia could all soon join Queensland in allowing rural or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Queensland pharmacies join rollout, 1 million regional vaccines delivered
7 June 2021 - More rural and remote Queenslanders will be rolling up their sleeves as local pharmacies join the national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Safer and more effective shingles vaccine will be available to Aussies - but it won’t come cheap
8 June 2021 - A new shingles vaccine almost twice as effective as the one currently available to Australians will ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2021
Post-market review of medicines for smoking cessation – public consultation on the draft report
7 June 2021 - The draft report for the post-market review of medicines for smoking cessation is available for public comment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2021
Pharmacy Guild asks for right to give jab
6 June 2021 - Pharmacists say the COVID-19 immunisation program could be accelerated by three months if they could administer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
Calls to fast track Pfizer for Victoria amid ‘phenomenal demand’ for vaccine
3 June 2021 - The Australian Medical Association is pushing for COVID-19 vaccines to be fast-tracked into general practices amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
Department of Health publishes revised agenda for the July 2021 PBAC meeting
3 June 2021 - Thankfully, version 3 clearly notes what has been revised. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2021
A consultancy firm was paid $660,000 to advise on Australia's COVID-19 vaccine strategy. But a government official said they provided no 'specific advice'.
3 June 2021 - McKinsey was paid $660,000 by the Health Department as part of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2021
1 June 2021 - The June 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...