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Vaccinations can end political blame game: CSL
13 October 2021 - CSL chief Paul Perreault has warned that the politicisation of Covid-19 is fuelling vaccination hesitancy as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2021
DoH revises agenda ahead of new month's PBAC meeting
12 October 2021 - One minor change. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
Review of the National Medicines Policy
11 October 2021 - The call for submissions closed on Friday 8 October 2021 and a total of 107 submissions have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2021
Docs ‘use rubber stamp for drugs’
9 October 2021 - Pharmacists have raised the alarm over the influence of a US pharmaceutical corporation on Australian doctors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2021
Booster shot for severely immunocompromised Australians
8 October 2021 - From next week Australians who are severely immunocompromised will be offered the option to receive a third ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2021
Alternative option for common disease listed on PBS for the first time
1 October 2021 - The federal government will for the first time share the costs of an alternative treatment for two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2021
1 October 2021 - The October 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
Kesimpta: game changing multiple sclerosis drug now on PBS
30 September 2021 - A new drug that promises to change the lives of thousands of Australians living with multiple sclerosis ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
Landmark PBS listings to reduce the cost of medicines for Australians
30 September 2021 - From 1 October 2021, Australians with multiple sclerosis, multiple myeloma, macular degeneration and keratitis will have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2021
Valuing SF-6Dv2 in Australia using an international protocol
28 September 2021 - The SF-6Dv2 is an updated version of the SF-6D, with improved consistency and dimension descriptors, and value ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2021
Could discount PBS prices become ‘a thing of the past?’
27 September 2021 - The Guild has reportedly “declared war” on discounters like Chemist Warehouse, which says the suggested copay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2021
Pharmacy Guild plan to halve PBS general patient charge for prescription medicine prices
26 September 2021 - The Pharmacy Guild has declared war on discount chains like Chemist Warehouse. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Sep 2021
Thousands of Australians waiting for 'gamechanger' cystic fibrosis drug
22 September 2021 - Adelaide woman Genevieve Handley has lived with cystic fibrosis all of her life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2021
1 October 2021 price disclosure confirmed prices
13 September 2021 - Confirmed 1 October 2021 prices resulting from the 2021 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2021
PBAC Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend, deferrals and other matters) – May 2021 meeting
10 September 2021 - The Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend, deferrals and other matters) from the May ...