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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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2024
Pharmaceutical reform agreement review report
6 March 2024 - The Department of Health and Aged Care has conducted a review of Pharmaceutical Reform Agreements (PRAs), to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2022
1 November 2022 updates as part of the digital transformation of Authority Required (Written) PBS listings
1 November 2022 - From 1 November 2022, the PBS listings for certain medicines will be updated as part of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2022
Cheaper medicines legislation passed
27 October 2022 - The Australian Government’s legislation, which will see millions of Australians pay 29% less for scripts with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2022
PBS minimum stockholding requirements
21 October 2022 - Amendments made by the National Health Amendment Act 2021 give effect to the commitments in the new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2022
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2022
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2022
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2022
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 ...