New York Times - The outrageous cost of a gene test in the US

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Access to Medicines Working Group (AMWG) communique - December 2014

The AMWG communique for the 10 December 2014 meeting is now available. ...

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Relevant additions and changes from the 1 September 2013 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits have been added to MAESTrO Australia

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Price disclosure 2015 October cycle outcomes summary

The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2015 October Cycle (Third SPD) has now been published on the 'Price ...

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Australian cancer patients in deadly wait for new medicines

Australian cancer patients don’t have time to wait for access to new cancer medicines. ...

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Australians with hepatitis C hope new drugs will be approved by Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Nearly 250,000 Australians with hepatitis C hope new drugs will be approved by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). ...

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Move to six PBS price change points

As part of a package of 2015 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) changes, the number of dates on which the price ...

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Relevant additions and changes from the 1 July 2014 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits have been added to MAESTrO Australia

The following relevant additions and changes to the 1 July 2014 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits have beed added to ...

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Pharmacy Guild accord to dispense $6bn savings

Taxpayer savings of $5 billion-$6bn across the drug supply chain appear likely after the government reached in-principle agreement with the ...

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Valuing orphan medicines using multi-criteria decision analysis

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A new name for a new era

From today, the Generic Medicines Industry Association (GMiA) will be known as the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA). ...

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Access to Medicines Working Group (AMWG) Communique - 16 June 2014

The first meeting of the reinvigorated AMWG occurred on Monday 16 June 2014. ...

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$372m to ensure timely access to chemotherapy drugs

The Abbott Government will invest a record $372 million to ensure Australians continue to have timely access to life-saving chemotherapy ...

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Post-market review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines used to treat asthma in children

The draft report of the PBS Medicines used to treat asthma in children review has now been published and is open ...

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Government to continue Inborn Error of Metabolism Programme

Over the past month I have been speaking with patients, parents, representatives and my parliamentary colleagues about the Inborn Error ...

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