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Labor drug policy ‘always part of the plan’
3 May 2022 - Anthony Albanese says Labor had decided on the $12.50 cut to medicines on the PBS before ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
Most people won’t get a $10-$12 medicine price cut after election
2 May 2022 - The vast majority of Australians will not benefit from the $10-$12.50 price cut to prescription medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
What is the HTA review and why is it important for Australia’s health system?
3 May 2022 - Medicines Australia has released its fourth video in its Federal Election series, explaining the upcoming independent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
Cost of some life-saving drugs to be slashed
1 May 2022 - Changes to the PBS could save some Australians as much as $2.5 million per treatment, as others ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
More senior Australians to get cheaper health care and medication under $70m Coalition election pitch
2 May 2022 - More self-funded retirees would be able to access cheaper health care and medication under a multi-million-dollar ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
COVID-19 oral treatment listed on PBS from 1 May 2022
1 May 2022 - This prescription only oral treatment has been found to be effective in treating mild to moderate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 May 2022
1 May 2022 - The May 2022 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2022
New Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings to save patients millions
1 May 2022 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced a series of new Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings which will save ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2022
Scott Morrison pledges to cut $10 from Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme scripts
30 April 2022 - A re-elected Morrison government would cut the price of medicines listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Apr 2022
Agenda update for the May 2022 PBAC intracycle meeting
29 April 2022 - The agenda for the May 2022 PBAC intracycle meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2022
Insights from the March 2022 PBAC meeting (part 3)
29 April 2022 - Wegovy was the first discrete medicine to have a stakeholder meeting before its consideration by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2022
Insights from the March 2022 PBAC meeting (part 2)
28 April 2022 The rejection of dostarlimab should not come as a surprise, the rejection of sotorsaib less so. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2022
PBS brings hope to cancer patients
25 April 2022 - Late-stage breast cancer patients, many of them young women, will have access to a life-extending medication ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2022
Insights from the March 2022 PBAC meeting (part 1)
26 April 2022 - Yesterday, we noted a recommendation rate of 78% which the highest value we have recorded since ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2022
Cost of medicines a key election issue
22 April 2022 - Health and community pharmacy peak bodies have formed a coalition urging parties to recognise medicine affordability ...