Health experts worried as Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations conclude

Eight health and community organisations have written to the Trade Minister Andrew Robb expressing "grave concerns" about the latest leaked ...

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PBAC public summary documents - November 2014

The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the November 2014 PBAC meeting are now available on the ...

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'Without it I don't imagine I'd still be here or be a mum': Breast cancer sufferers get new hope as TWO new life-saving drugs are approved for subsidy scheme

Australian women suffering from advanced HER2-positive breast cancer are now able to have affordable access to two additional treatment options. ...

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JAMA - Advances in regulatory science at the US FDA

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Amendments to the conditions of approval for approved pharmacists

Amendments are proposed to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Conditions of approval for approved pharmacists) Determination 2007. All pharmacists are required ...

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Incruse Ellipta (umeclidinium) to be reimbursed in Australia for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has welcomed the listing of Incruse Ellipta (umeclidinium) on the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from December 1st ...

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Addition of therapeutic area as a filter

The addition of 'Therapeutic Area" as a filter will occur soon (more on this later). To ensure that the correct therapeutic ...

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Recommendations made by the PBAC - April 2015 PBAC special meeting

The recommendations made by the PBAC at its April 2015 special meeting are now available on the PBS website. ...

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Outcomes from the July 2013 PBAC meeting

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Government congratulated on new Cabinet threshold

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Merck CEO Ken Frazier on Keytruda and why Australians miss out on new drugs

The federal government's decision to list Keytruda, the breakthrough new cancer drug that rid businessman Ron Walker of terminal cancer, on the ...

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PBS hospital medication chart

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC, the Commission) is developing a national standardised medication chart for PBS ...

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Specialised Therapeutics Australia receives TGA approval for Abraxane in combination with gemcitabine for first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer

Australian biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is pleased to announce that Abraxane (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) in combination with gemcitabine in ...

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PBAC guidelines review welcomed

Medicines Australia welcomes the announcement of a review of the PBAC Guidelines. ...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Drug giant takes state cash, axes jobs

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