Outcome statement - October 2024 DUSC meeting

15 November 2024 - The outcome statement from the October 2024 DUSC meeting is now available. ...

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Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) - July 2024 PBAC meeting

15 November 2024 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the July 2024 PBAC ...

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World leading approach to protect babies from RSV

10 November 2024 - Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best and most comprehensive ...

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Pharmas allege Government communication breakdown in medicine deferral crisis

10 November 2024 - Labor has failed to plan for the consequences of delaying drug subsidies and left hundreds of ...

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Health officials warn of ‘practical limitations’ to medicine subsidies despite ‘triage’

8 November 2024 - Fears of on-going delays to critical new medicine subsidies have been stoked by a Health Department ...

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Additional PBAC meeting

6 November 2024 - The Albanese Government is ensuring patients get access to life changing medications and treatments as quickly ...

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Government scrambles after medicines delay outrage

6 November 2024 - Health Minister Mark Butler has directed the PBAC to hold an unprecedented extra meeting, after the ...

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Drug authority decision wipes dozens of lifesaving new medicines from pipeline

4 November 2024 - Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has proposed an emergency meeting of the government’s independent drug subsidy ...

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Last hope: why it’s costing me $20,000 a month to stay alive

4 November 2024 - It’s Jemma Juckes’ last throw of the dice as she awaits a decision on whether a new ...

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‘Brighter future’ for blood cancer patients battling rare condition

4 November 2024 - Mycosis fungoides affects three in every million Australians; for those few sufferers it is a near-constant agony ...

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‘Life changing’ multi-cancer drug funding proposal in jeopardy

3 November 2024 - Australian cancer patients dying in wait for affordable access to a life changing treatment have been dealt ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 November 2024 update

1 November 2024 - The November 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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Public Summary Documents – July 2024 PBAC meeting

1 November 2024 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the July 2024 PBAC ...

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Process for managing the March 2025 PBAC meeting agenda

30 October 2024 - The PBAC has considered the issues arising from the current notice of intent advice of industry ...

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Submissions to the March 2025 PBAC meeting

24 October 2024 - The Department of Health and Aged Care has received notification that pharmaceutical companies plan to bring ...

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