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Care for people with rare and less common cancers ‘delayed and fragmented’, new report reveals
1 September 2025 - A national survey of nearly 2,500 people affected by cancer has found those with a rare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2025
Bewildering PBAC decision a missed opportunity to ensure Australian cancer patients not left behind
23 August 2025 - MSD Australia & New Zealand is astonished that after eight years of dialogue and consideration, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2025
Committee rejects application for medication Keytruda to be subsidised for Aussies with cancer
23 August 2025 - Australians with rare cancers like Natalie Willacy have just been handed a devastating hit, which could leave ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2025
Norgine welcomes PBS listing in Australia of Ifinwil (eflornithine) for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma
1 August 2025 - Approximately 50 children in Australia are diagnosed with neuroblastoma each year, with nearly half classified as having ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2025
Life-saving breast cancer drug now cheaper thanks to expansion of the PBS
1 July 2025 - A potentially life-saving treatment for early-stage breast cancer will become much more affordable for hundreds of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2025
‘The sky’s the limit’: how Australian scientists rewrote the cancer script
20 June 2025 - A major shift in cancer treatment will be publicly funded and is set to dramatically increase the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2025
Come to grips’: fighting lymphoma from home
28 April 2025 - Australian patients with the most common form of lymphoma will for the first time have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2025
Multiple myeloma drug subsidised after treatment costs ballooned
24 April 2025 - It’s one of the few cancers still considered incurable, and those diagnosed with multiple myeloma will likely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2025
This immunotherapy drug helped me beat cancer - instead of $229k it now costs $31
8 March 2025 - When she was just 26-years-old, Bianca Tesoriero’s life changed in an instant, following a visit to her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2025
Life-saving lung cancer drug added to PBS, slashing price from $10,000 a month to $30 per script
1 February 2025 - Australians diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer will now have access to a life-saving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2025
Cheaper medicine for lung cancer patients
2 February 2025 - The Australian Government is listing Retevmo (selpercatinib) on the PBS for the first time to treat advanced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2024
Changes to the PBS listings for Opdualag and Vyxeos
1 December 2024 - As of 1 December 2024, combination chemotherapy medicines, Opdualag and Vyxeos, will be transitioned from the Highly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2024
Evidence of clinical benefit of cancer medicines considered for funding in Australia
14 November 2024 - The objective was to describe the type of evidence and the clinical benefit of cancer medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
Last hope: why it’s costing me $20,000 a month to stay alive
4 November 2024 - It’s Jemma Juckes’ last throw of the dice as she awaits a decision on whether a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2024
‘Brighter future’ for blood cancer patients battling rare condition
4 November 2024 - Mycosis fungoides affects three in every million Australians; for those few sufferers it is a near-constant agony ...