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World first cancer treatment now accessible for hundreds more Aussies as prices slashed with addition to the PBS
4 October 2024 - A world-first cancer treatment, discovered in Melbourne, has been added to the PBS. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2024
Securing supply of PrEP
1 October 2024 - The Australian Government is ensuring thousands of Australians, with or at risk of contracting HIV, are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2024
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2024
1 October 2024 - The October 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2024
Cost barriers to medication access in Australia: an analysis of the Patient Experience Survey in context
30 September 2024 - In November 2023, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its 2022–23 Patient Experience Survey data. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2024
More Australians now eligible for free shingles vaccination
22 September 2024 - The Albanese Government is expanding one of the most comprehensive and widely available shingles vaccination programs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2024
The impact of generic entry of pharmaceuticals in Australia
20 September 2024 - In this article, we estimate the initial and temporal impacts of generic entry on benchmark drug prices ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2024
Program to protect SA newborns from RSV
17 September 2024 - South Australia will protect newborn babies from the impacts of respiratory syncytial virus for the winter ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2024
Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians
26 August 2024 - Economic evaluations have a long history in health care. Full economic evaluations aim to inform decision making ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2024
New medicines could be PBS listed in just four weeks under a proposal the health minister calls 'visionary'
11 September 2024 - Have you ever had to wait for an important and expensive medicine to be subsidised? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2024
HTA review outlines First Nations, pediatric reform and quick, cheap medicine
10 September 2024 - A Government review of Australia’s systems for accessing medicine has said it could slash waiting times ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2024
Final reports of the HTA Policy and Methods Review and Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process
10 September 2024 - The reports of the HTA Review and the Enhanced Consumer Engagement Process have been published. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2024
New and expanded PBS listings for Fabry disease and kidney cancer
9 September 2024 - Australians with Fabry disease, a rare genetic condition, and people with kidney cancer now have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2024
Agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting (version 4)
6 September 2024 - Version 4 of the agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2024
Australians save over half a billion dollars on cheaper medicines
1 September 2024 - Thanks to the Albanese Labor Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2024
Cabometyx (cabozantinib) now available for eligible patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma via the PBS
1 September 2024 - Cabometyx (cabozantinib), a once daily oral medication, is now available on the PBS for eligible patients with ...