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Controversial malaria drug for COVID-19 cases on way to Australia
4 April 2020 - Australia has secured 2,000 courses of an anti-malaria drug that are to be shipped here and available ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Truvada removed from PBS in Australia but affordable generic PrEP alternatives available
2 April 2020 - Australians will no longer be able to access Truvada from, which is used for HIV treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2020
Blood cancer treatment added to PBS
1 April 2020 - Nearly a decade after doctors told him he had up to six years to live, Ian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Breakthrough medicines now available for blood cancer, breast cancer, HIV and epilepsy, saving patients up to $194,000
1 April 2020 - There’s new hope for thousands of Australian patients with myeloma, breast cancer, HIV and epilepsy, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2020
Authorised nurse practitioners now eligible to prescribe certain Highly Specialised Drugs
1 April 2020 - From 1 April 2020, authorised nurse practitioners can prescribe hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2020 update
1 April 2020 - The April 2020 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
1 April 2020 price disclosure confirmed prices
31 March 2020 - Confirmed 1 April 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 April cycle of price disclosure have been published ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Expansion of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme continued dispensing arrangements COVID-19
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has extended the temporary Continued Dispensing (Emergency Measures) for three months to 30 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2020
Ensuring continued access to medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic
31 March 2020 - The Australian Government has approved a number of temporary changes to medicines regulation to ensure Australians can ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Australia Post announces launch of pharmacy home delivery service amid coronavirus crisis
28 March 2020 - Australia Post has announced the launch of its Pharmacy Home Delivery Service to assist vulnerable members ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
‘Uber for pharmacies’ launches
26 March 2020 - Shares in ASX-listed tech provider MedAdvisor are up by almost 25%, after the company announced a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
COVID-19; will it result in a total lockdown of new PBS listings?
26 March 2020 - The Minister of Health is yet to announce any new PBS listings that will come into ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
Public Summary Documents - November 2019 PBAC meeting (supplement)
26 March 2020 - Additional insights from the second round of public summary documents (first time rejections and deferrals). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2020
Public Summary Documents - November 2019 PBAC meeting
25 March 2020 - Insights from the second round of public summary documents (first time rejections and deferrals). ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2020
Malaria and arthritis drugs touted as potential coronavirus 'cure', triggering pharmacy rush
23 March 2020 - Pharmacists are being ordered not to dispense two drugs touted as a potential "cures" for coronavirus. ...