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Government maintains access to fast acting insulin
17 March 2023 - The Albanese Government has secured access to Fiasp and Fiasp FlexTouch on the PBS for Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2023
CEO’s appointment to HTA Review Reference Committee
15 March 2023 - CEO of Medicines Australia, Elizabeth de Somer, has been appointed as the medicines industry representative on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
AMA urges immediate action to save patients on PBS medicines
9 March 2023 - The AMA has urged all members of the Federal Parliament to support the AMA’s campaign to bring ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
Updates from the Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee (March 2023)
9 March 2023 - The Health Technology Assessment Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee met on 13 February 2023. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2023
DoH makes further tweaks to the agenda for this week's PBAC meeting
7 March 2023 - We are now at version 4 with four revisions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2023
Catherine has stage four breast cancer, but she can't access a new treatment in Australia
3 March 2023 - In 2015, twelve weeks after the birth of her second daughter, Catherine King was diagnosed with late-stage ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2023
3.2 million cheaper medicine in 2023
5 March 2023 - Australians are being encouraged to fill their prescriptions for medicines, especially as the maximum out of pocket ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2023
Public Summary Documents – November 2022 PBAC meeting (round 1)
3 March 2023 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the November 2022 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2023
DoH tweaks the agenda for next week's PBAC meeting (2023/1)
3 March 2023 - We are now up to version 3; six revisions including two withdrawn submissions. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2023
Ultra-fast insulin drug Fiasp to be removed from PBS making it unaffordable for many diabetes sufferers
2 March 2023 - For the past six months, 14-year-old Freya Goldston has attended more school, swimming training and increased her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2023
Affordable treatment for recurrent melanoma
2 March 2023 - From 1 March 2023, Australians with recurrent melanoma will have a new treatment option subsidised by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2023
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 March 2023
1 March 2023 - The March 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2023
Recommendations made out of session by the PBAC November 2022 and March 2023 meetings
24 February 2023 - Recommendations made out of session by the PBAC between its November 2022 and March 2023 meetings are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
Improve ventilation and make antiviral drug widely available, long COVID inquiry hears
20 February 2023 - GPs say they are unable to properly care for the hundreds of thousands of Australians with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2023
1.6 million cheaper medicines in January
19 February 2023 - New analysis by the Department of Health and Aged Care shows that more than 1.6 million prescriptions ...