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‘Barriers lifted’: cystic fibrosis treatment reaches final waiting patients
23 June 2025 - Ex-Wallabies player Nathan Charles has lived with cystic fibrosis for decades. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2025
‘The sky’s the limit’: how Australian scientists rewrote the cancer script
20 June 2025 - A major shift in cancer treatment will be publicly funded and is set to dramatically increase the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jun 2025
Recommendations made by the PBAC - May 2025
20 June 2025 - The recommendations from the May 2025 PBAC intracycle meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2025
Calls for weight loss drugs like Ozempic to be subsidised for people with schizophrenia
11 June 2025 - Queensland researchers are calling for weight loss medicines to be listed on the PBS for people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
Research funding and more treatment options to support the fight against MND
9 June 2025 - The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for July 2025 PBAC meeting (version 4)
10 June 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for next month's PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for May 2025 PBAC meeting in June!
4 June 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for last month's PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2025
1 June 2025 - The June 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2025
Outcome statement - April 2025 DUSC meeting
16 May 2025 - The outcome statement from the April 2025 DUSC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting
9 May 2025 - The agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2025
Government lists life-changing epilepsy drug fenfluramine on PBS
4 May 2025 - For the Sutton family, finding a drug that controlled four-year-old daughter Layla’s rare form of epilepsy was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for the May 2025 PBAC meeting
2 May 2025 - The agenda for the May 2025 PBAC meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2025
Come to grips’: fighting lymphoma from home
28 April 2025 - Australian patients with the most common form of lymphoma will for the first time have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) – December 2024 PBAC meeting
24 April 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first-time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the December 2024 PBAC meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Recommendations made by the PBAC – March 2025
24 April 2025 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in March 2025 relating to the listing of medicines on the PBS ...