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How much does it cost to have cancer?
14 April 2019 - Out-of-pocket costs are brutal sucker punches for cancer patients. Where do the costs come from? How steep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
ALP cancer plan ‘divisive, inequitable’
11 April 2019 - Labor’s decision to prioritise fee relief for cancer patients is a departure from its previous policies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Cancer doctors: Labor plan won’t cure system
9 April 2019 - Bill Shorten’s $2.3 billion cancer treatment plan will fail to deliver his promise of eliminating significant ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2019
ALP’s health commitment is an investment in every Australian
4 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s Affordable Medicines Guarantee and Medicare Cancer Plan, announced as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
Breast cancer and rare skin cancer medicines on the PBS
1 April 2019 - The Liberal National Government is improving the lives of patients with breast cancer and a rare skin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
Patients to save tens of thousands on two key cancer drugs
1 April 2019 - It’s a medicine that could save Australians’ lives, but patients have not been able to afford the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2019 update
1 April 2019 - The April 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2019
Melbourne's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to be home of 'the next great wave in treatment'
25 March 2019 - A new form of cancer treatment that uses cell therapy to attack the disease will become ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2019
PBAC report - Options for listing PD-(L)1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple cancer indications on the PBS
22 March 2019 - The PBAC Report to the Minister for Health on “Options for listing PD(L)-1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Three new drugs added to PBS to ease cost pain
19 March 2019 - Three new treatments to help save or prolong the lives of thousands of Australians suffering from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 March 2019 update
1 March 2019 - The March 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2019
Leukaemia, advanced kidney cancer, bladder cancer and liver cancer drugs added to PBS
23 February 2019 - Four new cancer medicines will soon be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2019
Aussies to access subsidised cancer drug
24 February 2019 - Australians with advanced bladder cancer may be able to access a drug to be subsidised nationally, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 February 2019 update
1 February 2019 - The February 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2019
Cancer patient relying on family and friends to help pay $4,500 every three weeks for medication
30 January 2019 - "It's just a really strange position to be in, that if you can't find the money ...