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2023-24 cost recovery implementation statement for listing medicines on the PBS and designated vaccines on the NIP
28 June 2023 - 2023-24 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and National Immunisation Program cost recovery fees commence on 1 July 2023. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2023
60 day drug dispensing subject of new Pharmacy Guild attack
27 June 2023 - Pharmacies have launched a major campaign against Labor’s 60 day medicine dispensing, urging the federal government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2023
Lower medicine costs for chronic health conditions
23 June 2023 - Under the first stage of the 60 day dispensing policy, eligible Australians living with chronic health conditions ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2023
Changes to PBS eligibility criteria for Paxlovid
23 June 2023 - In an out of session consideration, the PBAC has recommended changes to the circumstances under which nirmatrelvir ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2023
Australian health insurers and pharmaceutical companies reckon with new psychedelic mental health treatments
17 June 2023 - Medicinal cannabis companies are trying to get a foothold in Australia's new psychedelics market, with therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2023
Outcomes of the May 2023 PBAC intracycle meeting
16 June 2023 - The outcomes from the May 2023 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2023
Medical groups call on MPs to back 60 day prescribing as Labor backbench wobbles
10 June 2023 - A Coalition of peak medical groups has launched a campaign in support of 60 day prescribing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jun 2023
Updates from the Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee (June 2023)
9 June 2023 - The following documents are now available: ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2023
Calls for more medicinal cannabis brands to be added to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as costs surge
8 June 2023 - Jukka Manttari is pain-free for the first time in 30 years thanks to medicinal cannabis, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2023
Aussies save almost $100 million on medicines in just five months
5 June 2023 - Australians have saved almost $100 million in just five months, off nearly 9 million prescriptions, thanks ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2023
New treatments for Australians with endometrial cancer and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
5 June 2023 - From 1 June 2023, Australians with endometrial cancer and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome will have access to new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2023
Mark Butler says Pharmacy Guild breached NDA, but chemists say they were given go ahead by government
1 June 2023 - The Pharmacy Guild says Health Minister Mark Butler’s chief of staff told it to “tell your ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2023
Antengene announces Xpovio plus bortezomib and dexamethasone included for reimbursement by the PBS in Australia for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma
31 May 2023 - This inclusion by the PBS for the treatment of patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
RACGP opposes GLP-1 RA prescribing restrictions
30 May 2023 - Changing the authority type for initiating the diabetes medication will make it difficult for ‘already burdened’ GPs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2023
1 June 2023 - The June 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...