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Sydney breast cancer patients welcome better access to life-changing drug
14 January 2020 - In an extraordinary move, the cost of an advanced breast cancer drug has been slashed from as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jan 2020
New hope for breast cancer patients with key drug added to PBS
6 January 2020 - Australians living with advanced breast cancer now have access to an important new treatment option, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2020
New drug added to PBS can double life expectancy for breast cancer
5 January 2020 - A new drug that can slow the progression of advanced breast cancer has been added to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Cancer costs can be unbearable - a special Centrelink payment is needed, couple say
9 December 2019 - A Swansea couple has called for a special Centrelink payment for people and their carers living ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2019
Information on efficient funding of chemotherapy reviewed
5 December 2019 - The publicly available information for the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy has been revised and is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2019
Game changing cancer medicines now within reach for 2,200 Australians
20 November 2019 - Australians living with non-small cell lung cancer and early stage acute lymphoblastic leukaemia will be able to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2019
Lung cancer and leukaemia treatments to be added to PBS
19 November 2019 - “Game changing” drugs for types of lung cancer and leukaemia will be added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2019
Doorstop interview in Launceston
28 October 2019 - Minister Hunt talking about new medicine listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and other health issues. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Blair had private health insurance — but his cancer treatment still cost almost $1,000 a week
24 October 2019 - It is Anzac Day 2017, and Blair Meldrum cannot get out of bed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2019
The breakthrough cancer, mental health and arthritis medicines that will never be subsidised
19 October 2019 - News Corporation's national health reported claims that cancer, mental health and arthritis drugs approved for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2019
Half a million Aussies to get cheaper drugs thanks to new PBS inclusions
30 September 2019 - New inclusions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will see half a million Australian patients get access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Push for blood cancer breakthrough
1 September 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt says a new task force will help with the management of blood ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Australia’s deadliest cancer has a new treatment
23 August 2019 - A powerful new combination treatment for Australia’s deadliest cancer has been approved for subsidy in a move ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2019
Life-saving cancer treatments could help 41,000 Aussies but they aren’t funded
20 August 2019 - Alisanne Ride was given six months to live before she started an expensive treatment that eliminated the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...