Australia’s PBS must ‘absolutely’ be protected in trade talks, says Make America Healthy Again medical adviser Aseem Malhotra

26 July 2025 - The chief medical adviser to Make America Healthy Again campaign has defended Australia’s PBS, as the Trump ...

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Pfizer broadside on PBS productivity amid pharma tariff fears

16 July 2025 - Multinational conglomerate Pfizer has accused the PBS of “under­valuing” medical products in a submission to the ...

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Labor and Coalition in lockstep as Trump threatens to pull pharma tariffs forward

16 July 2025 - US President Donald Trump’s threat to bring forward planned tariffs of up to 200% on pharmaceuticals ...

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Big pharma calls out Australia’s ‘freeloading’ on US medicine

3 July 2025 - American pharmaceutical manufacturers have ramped up pressure on Donald Trump to take action against Australia over its ...

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American pharmaceutical boss does not support tariffs on Australian medicines

26 March 2025 - The head of one of America's largest pharmaceutical companies says he does not support tariffs on ...

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Why US drug giants are so angry about Australia’s PBS

20 March 2025 - US pharmaceutical giants hope the protectionist Trump administration will force Australia to increase the price it pays ...

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Australia defends PBS as US companies urge Trump to impose reciprocal tariffs

19 March 2025 - American medical giants have labelled the federal government's PBS "egregious and discriminatory" and have pressed US ...

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Big pharma’s plea to Trump to punish Australia for cheaper medicines

19 March 2025 - American medical giants have slammed the $18 billion pharmaceutical benefits scheme in a plea to US ...

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Price must be right to put obesity pill on the PBS

6 January 2025 - Whether to fully subsidise the new generation weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro and Ozempic for ...

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2022 October price disclosure cycle – confirmed prices and patient savings reports

1 October 2022 - Combination flow-on reduction outcomes reflect confirmed 1 October 2022 prices on the Current Price Disclosure cycle web ...

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2022 October price disclosure cycle – patient savings

29 July 2022 - Indicative brand price reductions and patient savings resulting from the 2022 October Cycle of Price Disclosure have ...

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Prescription medication prices to rise

15 July 2022 - The price of nearly 900 prescription medications will rise by as much as $7 on October ...

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2022 October price disclosure cycle – indicative prices

4 July 2022 - Indicative 1 October 2022 prices resulting from the 2022 October Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...

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Price disclosure 2022 October cycle outcomes summary

24 June 2022 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2022 October Cycle has now been published on ...

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Updated price disclosure guidelines, price disclosure webpages and price disclosure dispute resolution process

8 June 2022 - Amendments made to the National Health Act 1953 and National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 by the ...

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