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Price disclosure 2018 April cycle outcomes summary
12 January 2018 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2018 April Cycle (fourth remove originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2017
Explainer: how is the price of medicine decided in Australia?
20 November 2017 - The cost governments are willing to pay drug companies for medicines depends on the outcome the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2017
Prescription medicine for cancer, cholesterol and contraception is about to get cheaper
30 September 2017 - The price of more than 1400 medicines including the nation’s biggest selling drug the anti-cholesterol pill ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2017
Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
14 September 2017 - Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2017
Government moves to legislate to increase generic and biosimilar medicine uptake and cut medicine prices
24 July 2017 - Australia has long lagged behind the USA and UK in its use of generic pharmaceuticals – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2017
Indicative 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
13 July 2017 - Indicative 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
Government pharmacy shake-up set to hit Australians’ hip pockets
3 July 2017 - A federal government plan could see some medicine prices soar by more than $8 per prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2017
Price disclosure 2017 October cycle outcomes summary
16 June 2017 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2017 October Cycle (Third Remove Originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2017
Why you could have to pay $1 more for medicine
13 May 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has changed his script - and the change is about to hit ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2017
Budget 2017: PBS shake-up to cut cost of drugs
9 May 2017 - Price reforms in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will deliver $1.8 billion in savings over five years, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2017
Strategic Agreement between the Innovative pharmaceutical industry and government delivers certainty for industry, savings to taxpayers and benefits to patients
9 May 2017 - Medicines Australia has signed a strategic agreement with the Australian Government that will support ongoing access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2017
Drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for originator removal calculation) for the 2017 October Cycle
7 April 2017 - A list of drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-brand criteria (30 month clock for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2017
Payers’ experiences with confidential pharmaceutical price discounts: a survey of public and statutory health systems in North America, Europe, and Australasia
1 April 2017 - Institutional payers for pharmaceuticals worldwide appear to be increasingly negotiating confidential discounts off of the official list ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2017
The hidden cost keeping your health insurance premiums high
30 March 2017 - Private health insurance costs for everyone could drop dramatically if the Federal Government tackled murky practices relating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2017
Federal Government announce 1100 medicines to have prices cut including rosuvastatin
25 March 2017 - Sick Australians will save $500 million over four years and up to $200 a year each ...