Public consultation – draft cost recovery implementation statement for listing medicines on the PBS and designated vaccines on the NIP

1 February 2019 - After consultations with industry representatives during 2018, the Department of Health is releasing the draft statement ...

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SA Government’s free Meningococcal B vaccination program starts

1 October 2018 - A vaccine could have saved 18-year-old Jack Klemich from the meningococcal B disease that suddenly took ...

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Free vaccine for teenagers amidst rise of deadly meningococcal disease

25 September 2018 - Teenagers across Australia will be given a free meningococcal vaccine to protect them against four strains ...

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Insights from the agenda for the November 2018 PBAC meeting

24 August 2018 - The PBAC will consider 51 submissions at its next scheduled meeting in November. ...

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Agenda for the November 2018 PBAC meeting

22 August 2018 - The agenda for the November 2018 PBAC meeting is now available. ...

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Insights from the July 2018 PBAC meeting

20 August 2018 - Highest recommendation rate for a scheduled PBAC meeting in modern times. ...

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Recommendations made by the PBAC - July 2018

17 August 2018 - The recommendations from the July 2018 PBAC meeting are now available. ...

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More results needed before company renews push to list meningococcal B vaccine on PBS

15 August 2018 - A potentially life-saving meningococcal B vaccine is unlikely to become free to people across Australia this ...

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More ill as state waits for vaccine

4 August 2018 - A vaccine to combat the most prevalent strain of meningococcal disease will be made available nationally, ...

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Meningococcal vaccine rejected as not being "cost-effective"

25 July 2018 - With five cases of meningococccal disease now confirmed in Tasmania, questions are being asked about why the ...

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Meningococcal vaccine rollout announced as Government rejects claims it 'isn't listening' to concerns

26 July 2018 - Vaccines covering the A, C, W and Y meningococcal strains will be available free for under-21s ...

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Meningococcal scare has Hobart chemists swamped by requests for vaccine

26 July 2018 - Hobart pharmacies are reporting long waiting lists for meningococcal disease vaccines as hundreds of people try ...

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'False and reckless': Health Minister slams anti-vaccination documentary maker

26 July 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has slammed a controversial anti-vaccination documentary ahead of its Australian launch, ...

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Tasmania to expand meningococcal vaccination program

24 July 2018 - Tasmania's meningococcal vaccination program will be extended in the wake of three cases of the deadly ...

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Tasmanian pharmacies facing deluge of demand for meningococcal vaccines

23 July 2018 - Tasmanian pharmacies say demand for meningococcal vaccines has soared with stocks of one vaccine, approved for ...

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