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UK Government, pharma industry fail to agree on medicines payment scheme
28 August 2025 - Negotiations between the UK Government and the pharmaceutical industry have ended without an agreement on changes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2025
Trump’s trade war is not the only threat to cheap PBS medicines
10 August 2025 - Australia’s health system is rightly celebrated for its universal access and cost effectiveness, but its outdated assessment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Labor ‘very concerned’ by Trump pharma threat
7 August 2025 - The Albanese Government says it is “very concerned” after Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on a key ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Aug 2025
Labor vows to ‘fight’ as Trump threatens pharma tariffs
8 August 2025 - The Albanese government is vowing to “fight for the PBS” as Donald Trump tries to strong-arm ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2025
How Australia is getting tangled in Trump’s fight with big pharma
6 August 2025 - The US president is angry Americans pay more for their medicines. Will he want the PBS – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2025
Trump takes aim at ‘foreign freeloading nations’ over drug prices in new threat to PBS
1 August 2025 - US President Donald Trump has blamed “foreign freeloading nations” for the high drug prices faced by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2025
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 03 Jul 2025
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2025
Trump wants to ‘equalize’ and lower drug prices. Could Canada be impacted?
17 May 2025 - US President Donald Trump has launched a new effort to lower prescription drug prices for Americans ...
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 ...