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Pfizer COVID vaccine: states agree to secrecy over unused jabs
10 March 2021 - Australian states and territories have made a secret agreement not to release weekly data to the public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Feb 2021
Biosimilars: is interchangeability the proof of the pudding?
15 February 2021 - While apparently non‐inferior to originator biologics, other factors need to be considered before switching ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2020
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2019-20
18 December 2020 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2019-20 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2020
Australia's 10 most commonly prescribed medicines revealed by PBS data
1 December 2020 - Australians continue to use statins more than any other prescription drug, with the two most common ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2020
COVID-19 vaccine attitudes differ in Australia as experts say we're at a 'precarious time'
29 October 2020 - Andrea Vincita hasn't seen her family in a year. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2020
Biosimilar insulin glargine on the PBS - information for health professionals and patients
27 July 2020 - Changes have been made from 1 July 2020 to the PBS listings for insulin glargine, as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jul 2020
Biosimilar Awareness Week proves successful for Australia
13 July 2020 - The Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association in Australia reported its 2020 Biosimilar Awareness Week was successful, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Principles of ethical prescribing for self and others: hydroxychloroquine in the COVID‑19 pandemic
22 April 2020 - Prescribing medicines with putative benefit for COVID‑19 disease appears very attractive to consumers, clinicians and some senior ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Pharmacists welcome medicine review update
21 April 2020 - Elderly people at risk of medicine-related harm will now have their treatments more regularly reviewed by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Lyrica, a drug linked to depression and anxiety, now the top pain medication on the PBS
18 February 2020 - Lucy Pallot had never experienced the lows of depression and anxiety until she started taking pregabalin. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
Copayment incentive increased medication use and reduced spending among indigenous Australians after 2010
3 February 2020 - Australian health policy has prioritised efforts to close the ten-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Dec 2019
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19
17 December 2019 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2019
Top 10 drugs 2018–19
2 December 2019 - Rosuvastatin calcium (Crestor) was the top PBS/RPBS drug by prescription counts. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2019
Prescription opioid dispensing in Australian children and adolescents: a national population-based study
8 October 2019 - There are few population-based studies of paediatric opioid use. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2019
Xanax still being overprescribed despite policy changes
19 September 2019 - Patients are still being prescribed hundreds of Xanax tablets a year despite a cut in government ...