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Senate committee calls for cancer medicine review
17 September 2015 - A parliamentary committee probing access to expensive cancer drugs says a complete review of Australia's medicine system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2015
PBAC Public Summary Documents - March 2015
15 September 2015 - Two Public Summary Documents for nintedanib esylate from the March 2015 Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Sep 2015
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) guidelines review
15 September 2015 - The public submission process on the Items to be included in the PBAC Guidelines Review is now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2015
Smart buys and PBS shift pay off for Sigma
11 September 2015 - Sigma Pharmaceuticals boss Mark Hooper says the business is in a “good position”, flagging earnings growth on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2015
The life saving black magic pill that costs $140,000 a year
6 September 2015 - Matthew Fijolkowski says he wouldn’t be here today if he hadn’t got access to a miracle treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2015
Post-market review of authority required PBS listings
4 September 2015 - An opioids roundtable meeting was held on 27 May 2015, and an antibiotics roundtable meeting was held ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2015
Update to PBS listing steps
3 September 2015 - The 'Listing Steps (Step 4)' have been updated to include an invitation for comments in relation to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2015
Update to examples for no reduction - low volume/low discount items in 'Fact Sheet - 2015 Price Disclosure Changes'
3 September 2015 - An update to the examples demonstrating application of the criteria for 'No Reduction Items - Low Volume/Low ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2015
New drug listing Keytruda to treat melanoma
1 September 2015 - From today, patients with melanoma have access to breakthrough medicine Keytruda on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2015
Skin disease treatment now on PBS
1 September 2015 - Australians with severe psoriasis are about to have affordable access to a new medicine for the debilitating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2015
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2015 update
1 September 2015 - The September 2015 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. The ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2015
Pembrolizumab - information for patients
1 September 2015 - Pembrolizumab has been listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) today via a Managed Entry Scheme (MES). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2015
Outcomes from the PBAC 2015/2 meeting
30 August 2015 - All of the outcomes from the July 2015 PBAC meeting have been entered into the MAESTrO ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2015
Health officials under attack over PBS deal
28 August 2015 - Health officials have been savaged over the failure to adequately account for the payment of $14 billion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2015
Summary of the agenda for the PBAC November 2015 meeting
27 August 2015 - The PBAC will consider 69 submissions (34 major & 35 minor) at its next scheduled meeting in ...