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Recommendations made by the PBAC – December 2021 intracycle meeting
28 January 2022 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in December 2021 relating to the listing of drugs on the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
'I feel like I'm drowning': thousands with cystic fibrosis wait to hear if 'life-saving' drug will be listed on PBS
27 January 2022 - Matt Dickinson was struggling to breathe when his mother rushed him to an Adelaide hospital earlier ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Australians deserve fast access to the latest medicines, vaccines and treatments
28 January 2022 - Medicines Australia recommends the Australian Government delivers a plan to shorten the time that patients wait ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
Shortage of prescription infant formula worries parents
28 January 2022 - A shortage of prescription infant formula has parents worried about how they will feed their babies. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
2022 April price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
27 January 2022 - Indicative 1 April 2022 prices resulting from the 2022 April Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2022
Former bowel cancer patient calls for NZ to fund drug she says saved her life
26 January 2022 - A woman with bowel cancer who was told she may have two years to live says ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jan 2022
PHARMAC confirms access criteria for COVID-19 treatments
26 January 2022 - PHARMAC has today confirmed the access criteria for two COVID-19 treatments – baricitinib and casirivimab with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Breast cancer patients in Scotland are set to receive tumour blasting wonder drug that starts working in weeks - sparking hopes of a wider rollout for NHS patients across the rest of the UK
23 January 2022 - A breast cancer drug that can melt away tumours in weeks has been given the green ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Method paper: new version 6.1 comes into force
24 January 2022 - The innovations concern, among other things, the procedure for evidence searches for medical guidelines. New concept ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to be available in coming weeks
24 January 2022 - Australians aged 18+ will now have access to a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (Novavax) in coming weeks, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Patients to receive new cancer drugs faster under Brexit rules shake-up
23 January 2022 - Seven medicines already approved as changes cut as much as a month off approval times. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Australians with severe dermatitis to benefit from PBS listing
24 January 2022 - From 1 February 2022, Australians with severe atopic dermatitis will have access to a new treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
Pharmacists struggle to meet demand for free COVID test kits amid stock shortage
23 January 2022 - Chemists across the country say they do not have enough rapid antigen tests to start handing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
Thousands to benefit from decision to subsidise eczema treatment
23 January 2022 - Australians suffering from a severe form of eczema will save tens of thousands of dollars after a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2022
COVID-19: early access granted to Paxlovid as a curative treatment
21 January 2022 - In the context of very high circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the High Authority for Health (HAS) and the ...