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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2022
Recommendations made by the PBAC - March 2022
22 April 2022 - The recommendations from the March 2022 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2022
Making #MedicinesMatter for all Australians
21 April 2022 - Medicines Australia has launched a social media campaign to highlight key policy issues for the election ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2022
Securing the future of Australia’s world class healthcare system
17 April 2022 - Under the changes announced today, an additional 71,000 Australians will have access to continuous glucose monitoring and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2022
Public summary documents – December 2021 PBAC meeting (first time decisions not to recommend, deferrals and other matters)
14 April 2022 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend, deferrals and other matters) from the December ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2022
New COVID-19 oral treatment on PBS
11 April 2022 - Greg Hunt's swan song press release. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2022
Faster patient access to new medicines must be a priority for next Government
10 April 2022 - With the Federal Election campaign now formally underway, Medicines Australia is reminding the major parties of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2022
Health Technology Assessment Review Reference Committee will drive reform to support Australian patients
10 April 2022 - The Health Technology Assessment Review Reference Committee announced (via the Department of Health website) is tasked ...