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First million dollar medicine listed on the PBS
4 May 2022 - Zolgensma has the great honour of being the first medicine listed on the PBS with a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2022
2022 April cycle - brand price reductions and savings to patients
31 March 2022 - Brand price reductions and savings to patients resulting from the 2022 April cycle of price disclosure have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2022
1 April 2022 price disclosure confirmed prices
15 March 2022 - Confirmed 1 April 2022 prices resulting from the 2022 April cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
2022 April price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
27 January 2022 - Indicative 1 April 2022 prices resulting from the 2022 April Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2021
Price disclosure 2022 April cycle outcomes summary
10 December 2021 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2022 April Cycle has now been published ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2021
Could discount PBS prices become ‘a thing of the past?’
27 September 2021 - The Guild has reportedly “declared war” on discounters like Chemist Warehouse, which says the suggested copay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2021
Pharmacy Guild plan to halve PBS general patient charge for prescription medicine prices
26 September 2021 - The Pharmacy Guild has declared war on discount chains like Chemist Warehouse. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
1 October 2021 price disclosure confirmed prices
13 September 2021 - Confirmed 1 October 2021 prices resulting from the 2021 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2021
2021 October price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
30 August 2021 - Indicative 1 October 2021 prices resulting from the 2021 October Cycle of Price Disclosure have now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Change to PBS Closing the Gap program sees Aboriginal patients inadvertently charged more for medication
7 July 2021 - On NAIDOC week, some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients have been forced to pay more for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2021
Price disclosure 2021 October cycle outcomes summary
23 June 2021 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2021 October cycle has now been published. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2021
The price of a Vertex cystic fibrosis treatment stirs anger in Australia
23 April 2021 - The latest dustup over the cost of cystic fibrosis medicines sold by Vertex Pharmaceuticals is taking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2021
2021 April price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
20 January 2021 - Indicative 1 April 2021 prices resulting from the 2021 April Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2020
Price disclosure 2021 April cycle outcomes summary
21 December 2020 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2021 April Cycle has now been published. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2020
PBAC recommends price increase for paracetamol
30 October 2020 - A fascinating insight from the first round of Public Summary Documents from the July 2020 PBAC ...