NICE draft guidance recommend the use of ribavirin with peginterferon to treat chronic children and young people with hepatitis C virus infection

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Stakeholder forum outcomes - asthma post-market review

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2014 Budget information on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

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Post-market review of the Life Saving Drugs Programme

The Life Saving Drugs Programme (LSDP) submission process closed on Monday 10 November 2014. The public submissions are now available ...

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Budget 2015: Federal Government to subsidise $1.3 billion life-saving drugs

Patients waiting on life saving medicines will get a sweetener in this week's budget with the Federal Government spending $1.3 ...

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TPP 'no threat to medicine'

11 December 3013 - Trade Minister Andrew Robb has hit back at warnings that a mammoth regional trade deal could push ...
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Big pharma shuffles the tax pill

The big miners were sprung for their Singapore profits sling, and the United States tech giants shown up for their Byzantine tax structures, ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2015 update

The August 2015 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. The Schedule inclides the ...

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Generic medicine prices to drop by up to $1 under budget savings measure that helps consumers

Prescription medicine copayments will be cut by between 50 cents and $1 under a federal budget plan that could save taxpayers ...

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The miracle cure with a billion-dollar price tag

It's been hailed as a miracle cure for hepatitis C – but comes with a billion-dollar price tag. ...

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PBS listing with strings for melanoma drug

Breakthrough melanoma drug Keytruda has been recommended for a restricted listing on the Pharma­ceutical Benefits Scheme, amid a sombre warning ...

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Hepatitis C treatments: Australia urged to subsidise 'revolutionary' new drugs

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Indicative 1 April 2015 prices - 2015 April cycle

Indicative 1 April 2015 prices resulting from the 2015 April cycle of price disclosure have now been published on the ...

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Divestment of portfolio of branded and generic products to Strides entities

Aspen is pleased to announce that certain of its wholly owned Australian subsidiaries (collectively “Aspen Australia”), have entered into an ...

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Medicines scheme overhaul raises health concerns

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