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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2025
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2025
‘Barriers lifted’: cystic fibrosis treatment reaches final waiting patients
23 June 2025 - Ex-Wallabies player Nathan Charles has lived with cystic fibrosis for decades. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2025
‘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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2025
Recommendations made by the PBAC - May 2025
20 June 2025 - The recommendations from the May 2025 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
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. ...