Blog
RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2025
This immunotherapy drug helped me beat cancer - instead of $229k it now costs $31
8 March 2025 - When she was just 26-years-old, Bianca Tesoriero’s life changed in an instant, following a visit to her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2025
Life-saving lung cancer drug added to PBS, slashing price from $10,000 a month to $30 per script
1 February 2025 - Australians diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer will now have access to a life-saving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2025
Cheaper medicine for lung cancer patients
2 February 2025 - The Australian Government is listing Retevmo (selpercatinib) on the PBS for the first time to treat advanced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2024
Changes to the PBS listings for Opdualag and Vyxeos
1 December 2024 - As of 1 December 2024, combination chemotherapy medicines, Opdualag and Vyxeos, will be transitioned from the Highly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2024
Evidence of clinical benefit of cancer medicines considered for funding in Australia
14 November 2024 - The objective was to describe the type of evidence and the clinical benefit of cancer medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
Last hope: why it’s costing me $20,000 a month to stay alive
4 November 2024 - It’s Jemma Juckes’ last throw of the dice as she awaits a decision on whether a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
‘Brighter future’ for blood cancer patients battling rare condition
4 November 2024 - Mycosis fungoides affects three in every million Australians; for those few sufferers it is a near-constant agony ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Nov 2024
‘Life changing’ multi-cancer drug funding proposal in jeopardy
3 November 2024 - Australian cancer patients dying in wait for affordable access to a life changing treatment have been dealt ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2024
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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2024
Life prolonging breast cancer drug receives expanded access on the PBS
28 August 2024 - Australians diagnosed with a type of metastatic breast cancer will now have access to a life ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2024
Breast cancer sufferer Brandi Allsop needs costly treatment for a chance to stay alive
23 August 2024 - A young Hervey Bay mother fighting to access costly treatment for her stage three breast cancer has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2024
Groundbreaking therapy for terminal cancers finally publicly funded
2 August 2024 - A groundbreaking pan-tumour pharmaceutical that can act upon multiple different tumour types has been publicly funded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2024
Life-changing cancer treatment jab added to PBS
31 July 2024 - Australians fighting lung and liver cancer will soon be able to access a life-saving cancer treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jul 2024
Why 10,000 Aussies a year being forced to fund their own cancer treatment
21 July 2024 - Australia’s medicine subsidy scheme is so crippled that a staggering 10,000 patients a year are being forced ...