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The end of cancer: how cell therapy breakthroughs have us on the edge of a cure
15 March 2026 - How rapid immunotherapy advancements could relegate killer cancers to the status of a ‘chronic disease’. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Mar 2026
Cutting-edge cancer treatment research heading offshore as local patients miss out
11 March 2026 - Newsreader Will McDonald is six years into his fight with aggressive prostate cancer. He wants all Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2026
New multi-indication PBS listing for two immunotherapy treatments from March 2026
1 March 2026 - Bristol Myers Squibb Australia confirms that Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) will be listed on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2026
Dying father pleads for cancer drug subsidy to ‘keep being a dad’
5 March 2026 - A North Queensland mother has travelled to Canberra to beg the Federal Government to save her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2026
World first cheaper immunotherapy treatment listing for patients with advanced or rare cancers
1 March 2026 - From today, thousands more Australians living with advanced and rare cancers will have access to affordable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2026
New PBS listing for immunotherapy cancer drugs Opdivo and Yervoy to be slashed
2 March 2026 - Patients with advanced and rare cancers will be able to access two immunotherapy drugs for just $25, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2026
Clinton's life could be cut short unless he pays thousands for PBS listed medication
18 February 2026 - After being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of thyroid cancer 10 years ago, father ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2026
Lifesaving drugs blocked by Australia’s ‘broken’ approvals process
12 February 2026 - Australia’s processes for funding vital medicines is recognised as broken. Lives are on the line as patients, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jan 2026
Cancer patients gain new hope as Keytruda treatment recommended for subsidy under PBS
31 January 2026 - Lifesaving treatment for cancers that now costs tens of thousands of dollars is set to be cut ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2026
Brain cancer survivor who finished year 12 hoping medication can get PBS listing
20 January 2026 - Julia Greig never thought her daughter would finish year 12 after she was diagnosed with brain ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2026
Family’s desperate plea as lifesaving cancer drug delayed by PBS bureaucracy
3 January 2026 - A $32,000 cancer treatment has given one man hope of seeing his children grow up, but PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Dec 2025
New hope for rare cancer patients as first immunotherapy treatment subsidised
3 December 2025 - An immunotherapy treatment for a potentially disfiguring form of head and neck cancer has been added to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for November 2025 PBAC meeting (version 6)
31 October 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for the November 2025 PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Rare cancer lifeline comes with dual drug discounts
17 October 2025 - Two common immunotherapy drugs will now be subsidised for all advanced or metastatic cancers, providing a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2025
Immunotherapy for patients with advanced cancers
17 October 2025 - More Australians living with advanced cancer could have access to immunotherapy treatment options, thanks to a ...