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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2023
Price of a life: Australians wait two years longer for breakthrough medicines than US citizens
16 April 2023 - Australians are waiting two years longer to access new lifesaving subsidised medicines because of pharma giants. Now, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2023
Like Medicare, the PBS urgently needs overhauling – for all our sakes
10 February 2023 - Trent Zimmerman says it would be a mistake for Australia to narrow its health reform agenda ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2022
Has there actually been early resolution for early resolution resubmissions?
15 September 2022 - Following on from this week's article on early re-entry resubmissions, today we took a close look ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2022
Making #MedicinesMatter for all Australians
21 April 2022 - Medicines Australia has launched a social media campaign to highlight key policy issues for the election ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2022
Faster patient access to new medicines must be a priority for next Government
10 April 2022 - With the Federal Election campaign now formally underway, Medicines Australia is reminding the major parties of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Feb 2022
National Medicines Policy too important to be rushed before Federal Election
10 February 2022 - Following consultation with members – and heeding the concerns of the Consumers Health Forum and patient ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2022
Review of the National Medicines Policy – consultation on draft National Medicines Policy extended
8 February 2022 - The consultation period on the draft NMP was due to close on Wednesday 16 February 2022. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2022
Medicines Australia calls for new National Medicines Policy to be pushed back until after the federal election
4 February 2022 - Medicines Australia is today calling for the new National Medicines Policy to be pushed back until ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Australians deserve fast access to the latest medicines, vaccines and treatments
28 January 2022 - Medicines Australia recommends the Australian Government delivers a plan to shorten the time that patients wait ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2021
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme continued dispensing arrangements
5 November 2021 - The Australian Government has extended the Continued Dispensing emergency arrangements until 30 June 2022, when they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2021
Strategies for generic/biosimilar market entry in Australia
19 October 2021 - After surviving the Great Patent Cliff of 2011–2016, the pharma/biopharma industry finds itself in the Second Great ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2021
Coronavirus Australia: is the vaccine rollout designed to be slow and ineffective?
23 June 2021 - Another day, another COVID-19 outbreak. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2021
A 12-week sprint’: PM flags plan to vaccinate under-50s in lead-up to Christmas
19 April 2021 - More than 6 million Australians could be vaccinated in the last 12 weeks of the year ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2021
Australian population unlikely to be vaccinated until end of next year
15 April 2021 - Leading public health experts have warned the Australian population is unlikely to get COVID-19 vaccinations until ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2021
Scott Morrison abandons target to have all Australians vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year
11 April 2021 - The Prime Minister has abandoned all targets for the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines after new medical ...