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New asthma treatments to be listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
18 December 2016 - Life-saving new treatments for asthma that currently cost patients $700 a year will be listed on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2016
Price disclosure 2017 April cycle outcomes summary
15 December 2016 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2017 April cycle (second remove originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Dec 2016
Review must avoid change for the sake of change
14 December 2016 - Call me a small “c” conservative if you like, but when it comes to community pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2016
SA Health, University of Adelaide roll out meningococcal B vaccine trial
13 December 2016 - South Australian teenagers will be given free vaccines for meningococcal B as part of a "nation-leading" ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2016
Cholesterol drugs offer fresh hope in fight against Alzheimer's disease
13 December 2016 - Cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions of Australians might protect against Alzheimer's disease, a large study suggests. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2016
Under 30s turning their backs on private health cover
13 December 2016 - Younger Australians are increasingly turning away from private health insurance, preferring to try their luck in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2016
Zostavax listed on the NIP
1 November 2016 - Zostavax has been approved to be placed on the NIP, to be provided free of charge ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2016
'Patients will die if they don't fix this': hospitals rationing, stockpiling first-line antibiotics amid drug shortage
11 December 2016 - A national shortage of three first line antibiotics is forcing hospitals to stockpile, ration and use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2016
Malcolm Turnbull in new funding fight with the powerful Pharmacy Guild
10 December 2016 - The country's powerful pharmacy lobby is threatening a damning public campaign against the Turnbull government if ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2016
Australians set to be slugged for skin cancer removal under Medicare changes
9 December 2016 - Patients may be facing huge bills to have a skin cancer removed under changes to Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2016
First stage of prostheses benefit reform commences
6 December 2016 - The Department of Health has commenced work to reform prostheses benefits, with a research and design ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2016
Review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation - pharmacy financial survey update
7 December 2016 - In response to concerns amongst some pharmacy owners regarding the intended purpose of the Review’s Pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2016
Foreign visa holders leaving millions in hospital debts
7 December 2016 - Foreign students and 457 visa holders are leaving behind millions of dollars in unpaid hospital bills ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Company brings unapproved life saving drugs to Australia. But is it medicine for the rich?
5 December 2016 - When the cancer in Karen Cowley's breast spread to her spine and brain, and her current ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2016
Private health fund members stuck with outdated treatments due to ‘loophole’
5 December 2016 - Privately insured Australians are missing out on life saving treatments for strokes, heart problems and blocked ...