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Strengthening Australia's immunisation program
3 December 2020 - The Australian Government is continuing to improve Australia’s world leading vaccination program through the Australian Immunisation Register ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Oct 2020
1 October 2020 price disclosure - confirmed prices
6 October 2020 - Confirmed 1 October 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 October Cycle of Price Disclosure has now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
Active ingredient prescribing
10 September 2020 - Active Ingredient Prescribing will ensure consumers receive consistent and standardised medicines information. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2020
International reference pricing: discounts down under far surpass U.S. drug price concessions
1 September 2020 - At 30,000 feet, the view of Australia’s healthcare system does not look too different from our own ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2020
Could the coronavirus vaccine be mandatory in Australia? Experts say it's possible.
20 August 2020 - News this week that Australia could have 25 million doses of the so-called "Oxford vaccine" available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2020
2020 October price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
28 July 2020 - Indicative 1 October 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 October Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2020
Commonwealth fails in its claim for compensation for delayed PBS listing of generic clopidogrel
29 April 2020 - The decision highlights the inherent difficulty Courts face in cases involving claims on the Usual Undertaking. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
‘It treats pharmacists with contempt’
16 April 2020 - The therapeutic substitution arrangements in their proposed form are “not workable” and ultimately “unacceptable”, says pharmacy ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2020
Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association granted interim authorisation by the ACCC
3 April 2020 - In an important collaborative step, Medicines Australia and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association have today ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Authorised nurse practitioners now eligible to prescribe certain Highly Specialised Drugs
1 April 2020 - From 1 April 2020, authorised nurse practitioners can prescribe hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
1 April 2020 price disclosure confirmed prices
31 March 2020 - Confirmed 1 April 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 April cycle of price disclosure have been published ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2020
Earlier access to cheaper medicines for 1.6 million Australians
1 January 2020 - The Australian Government is significantly lowering the threshold for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net from 1 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
Price disclosure 2020 April cycle outcomes summary
18 December 2019 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2020 April Cycle has now been published. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Health insurers call for federal crackdown on public hospital 'fraud'
11 December 2019 - Health funds are calling on federal health minister Greg Hunt to use the government's new data-matching ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Government announces lowest health insurance premium increase in 19 years
7 December 2019 - The federal government has announced the lowest increase in private health insurance premiums in two decades, ...