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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 December 2018
1 December 2018 - The December 2018 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2018
New PBS listing vital to Australians living with acute myeloid leukaemia
30 November 2018 - Leukaemia Foundation CEO Mr Bill Petch has today supported the Health Minister Mr Greg Hunt’s PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2018
Five more cancer drugs go on the PBS
30 November 2018 - Australian cancer sufferers will have greater and more affordable access to five treatments from Saturday. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2018
'Death sentence': One-in-a-million rare cancers get the 'sorting hat' treatment
13 November 2018 - For people with the rarest of cancers, the hope of survival or an effective treatment can ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
PBAC shows no propensity to support Amgen's innovative method of analysis
12 November 2018 - Amgen's recent submission for blinatumomab (Blincyto) treatment of patients with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in haematological ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2018
Potent drugs to treat lung cancer and high cholesterol added to PBS
28 October 2018 - Australians with advanced lung cancer and a genetic high-cholesterol condition will have cheaper access to potent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2018
Mum's battle for life-saving drug
12 October 2018 - At just 29 years of age, doting mother Kate McKenzie has faced more battles than anyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Leukaemia treatment: patients ‘cured’ by new CAR-T therapy
12 October 2018 - Patients battling deadly leukaemia will be “cured” by a breathtaking new therapy that can kill cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2018
How drug treatment in Hong Kong changed Aussie cancer sufferer’s life
7 October 2018 - When Lisa Laird was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, she found hope in a new drug she could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2018
Life-saving drug out of reach for Queensland mum at $100k a year
3 October 2018 - Brisbane mother Kate McKenzie has a prescription ready; it’s sitting in her car waiting to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2018
Kidney cancer therapy works but cost is a killer
2 October 2018 - Darryl Black was told he had just three months to live. That was almost four years ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2018
PBS listing timelines for new checkpoint inhibitors
1 October 2018 - The PBAC examined their PBS listing timelines at its recent special meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2018
Ovarian cancer treatment to be made available to more women
28 September 2018 - The number of women with ovarian cancer now eligible for a powerful targeted treatment will dramatically ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2018
Publication of outcome from August 2018 PBAC special meeting
28 September 2018 - The brief outcome from the August 2018 special meeting regarding PD-1 and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapies: options ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2018
Australian Cancer Atlas shows cancer burden across the country
25 September 2018 - Australians can now refer to a handy map to discover how cancer diagnosis and survival rates in ...