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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Medicines Australia agrees to Federal Budget savings to secure a 5 year strategic agreement

Medicines Australia, the peak body representing the innovative pharmaceutical industry, has agreed to sign a ‘Letter of Intent’ with the ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

NICE says yes to dapagliflozin for some people with type 2 diabetes in final draft guidance

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Recommendations made by the PBAC - March 2015

The recommendations from the March 2015 Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee meeting are now available on the PBS website. All outcomes have been entered in ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Drug companies give their tax affairs a clean bill of health ahead of Senate grilling

Multi-national drug companies are presenting a united front ahead of their appearance at the Senate's corporate tax avoidance inquiry, insisting ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Health system deserves keener scalpel than GP co-payments

The Abbott government is weathering a storm of opposition to its proposed budget items that would see the introduction of ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits update - 1 August 2014

The 1 August 2014 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is not available. The new Schedule contains a number of ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Access to Medicines Working Group Communique - 7 August 2014

The second meeting of the reinvigorated AMWG occurred on 7 August 2014. ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Submissions open for the Life Saving Drugs Programme post-market review

The public submission process for the post-market review of the Life Saving Drugs Programme (LSDP Review) is now open. ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

'I don't want to die, I still have things to do': Keytruda wins Ron Walker's war on cancer

Christmas 2012 was meant to be Ron Walker's last. Rather than accept defeat, the prominent businessman flew to the US ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Anti-psychotic drug ‘plague running unchecked’

Doctors are putting an average of 20,000 additional Australians per year on antipsychotics, many of which are prescribed “inappropriately” for ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Abortion drug subsidies blasted, cancer treatments welcomed

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Herald Sun - Fears Aussie cancer patients may miss out on drugs

CANCER patients could miss out on access to nine new medicines that are due to be considered for subsidy by ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Industry supports greater PBAC transparency

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Passage of PBS legislation welcomed

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has welcomed the passage of the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill through the Senate ...

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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015

Announcement of a new simplified PBS price disclosure process

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