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New anniversary price reductions and Ministerial discretion guidance material available
20 April 2018 - Guidance material on new anniversary price reductions and Ministerial discretion arrangements, that were signed into law on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2018
1 April 2018 price disclosure confirmed prices
20 March 2018 - Confirmed 1 April 2018 prices resulting from the 2018 April cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2018
PBS price disclosure – 42 month clock list (for a 30% unadjusted price reduction) for the 2018 April cycle
7 March 2018 - A list of drugs and manners of administration that meet the 42 month clock (for a 30% ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Feb 2018
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – Budget and Other Measures) Act 2018
23 February 2018 - On 13 February 2018, the National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – Budget and Other Measures) Bill ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2018
Indicative 1 April 2018 prices - 2018 April cycle
30 January 2018 - Indicative 1 April 2018 prices resulting from the 2018 April cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2018
Value based pricing: l'enfant terrible?
25 January 2018 - Concern over pricing of pharmaceuticals and other health technologies in both high- and low-income countries is not ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2018
Price disclosure 2018 April cycle outcomes summary
12 January 2018 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2018 April Cycle (fourth remove originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2017
Explainer: how is the price of medicine decided in Australia?
20 November 2017 - The cost governments are willing to pay drug companies for medicines depends on the outcome the drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2017
Prescription medicine for cancer, cholesterol and contraception is about to get cheaper
30 September 2017 - The price of more than 1400 medicines including the nation’s biggest selling drug the anti-cholesterol pill ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2017
Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
14 September 2017 - Confirmed 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2017
Government moves to legislate to increase generic and biosimilar medicine uptake and cut medicine prices
24 July 2017 - Australia has long lagged behind the USA and UK in its use of generic pharmaceuticals – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2017
Indicative 1 October 2017 prices - 2017 October cycle
13 July 2017 - Indicative 1 October 2017 prices resulting from the 2017 October cycle of price disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2017
Government pharmacy shake-up set to hit Australians’ hip pockets
3 July 2017 - A federal government plan could see some medicine prices soar by more than $8 per prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jun 2017
Price disclosure 2017 October cycle outcomes summary
16 June 2017 - The summary of price disclosure price reductions for the 2017 October Cycle (Third Remove Originator cycle) has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2017
Why you could have to pay $1 more for medicine
13 May 2017 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has changed his script - and the change is about to hit ...