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Additional $92 million, or 5 percent, government funding for pharmaceutical wholesalers
16 June 2020 - Pharmaceutical wholesalers will receive an additional $92 million, or 5 per cent, funding from the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2020
Public hospital system being stretched to the limit
7 January 2020 - The nation’s public hospitals are “stretched to the max” and are beginning to buckle under the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2019
PBS Growth Hormone Program - 1 January 2020 listing changes
18 December 2019 - Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme restrictions for growth hormone treatment (adult use), which set out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Dec 2019
Drug company's affiliate 'cashing in' on opioid overdoses with new cure – subsidised by Australian Government
16 December 2019 - The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Public hospitals 'going backwards'
11 December 2019 - Australia's top doctors say the country's hospitals are "going backwards" as more patients wait longer for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2019
Information on efficient funding of chemotherapy reviewed
5 December 2019 - The publicly available information for the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy has been revised and is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2019 update
1 July 2019 - The July 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2019
Charlie Teo brain surgery controversy: society gives assurances
1 June 2019 - One of Australia’s foremost neurosurgeons has branded as “disheartening” the practice of cancer sufferers seeking public ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2019
Doctors warn Australia's private health sector is heading towards a US style system
24 May 2019 - "Have you got insurance?" ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 May 2019
Tens of millions in secret cuts to subsidised medicines
2 May 2019 - Patients who need medicines when they are discharged from hospital could be waiting around for hours ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
Today’s health debate should focus on ensuring the PBS is well funded and fit for the future
2 May 2019 - Medicines Australia urges the Minister for Health the Hon Greg Hunt MP and the Shadow Health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
PD-L(1) checkpoint inhibitor stakeholder meeting outcome statement
12 April 2019 - The outcome statement for the PD-(L)1 checkpoint inhibitor stakeholder meeting held on 8 February 2019 , ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2019
Medicines Matter – Government confirms commitment to uncapped PBS
3 April 2019 - Medicines Australia welcomes today’s announcement of $331 million for the listings of innovative medicines on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2019
Record investment advances long term national health plan
2 April 2019 - The Liberal National Government is investing a record $104 billion in 2019–20, up from $75 billion in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2019
$65 million to unlock the potential of personalised medicine through genomics
26 March 2019 - The Australian Government will provide over $65 million in competitive research grants to Australia’s best and brightest ...