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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2023
1 September 2023 - The September 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2023
Global sarcoma therapy now listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
31 July 2023 - Yondelis (trabectedin) demonstrates 45% reduction in risk of disease progression or death versus dacarbazine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2023
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2023
1 August 2023 - The August 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2023
PBS subsidy arrangements for insulin degludec and insulin aspart
7 July 2023 - The Department of Health and Aged Care has made amendments to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Pharmacist ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2023
Widened eligibility for oral antiviral Paxlovid, plus new medicines on PBS
2 July 2023 - From 1 July 2023, Australians with severe thrombocytopenia and diabetic kidney disease will have access to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2023
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2023
1 July 2023 - The July 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2023
Changes to the National Immunisation Program effective 1 July 2023
30 June 2023 - From 1 July 2023, Vaxelis will be added to the National Immunisation Program as an alternative ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jun 2023
Breast cancer survivor wants $7,000 a month wonder drug to be more readily available to patients
23 June 2023 - A young Wollongong mother has spoken about her "remarkable" recovery from a breast cancer that had ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2023
Australian health insurers and pharmaceutical companies reckon with new psychedelic mental health treatments
17 June 2023 - Medicinal cannabis companies are trying to get a foothold in Australia's new psychedelics market, with therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2023
Calls for more medicinal cannabis brands to be added to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as costs surge
8 June 2023 - Jukka Manttari is pain-free for the first time in 30 years thanks to medicinal cannabis, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2023
Antengene announces Xpovio plus bortezomib and dexamethasone included for reimbursement by the PBS in Australia for the treatment of relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma
31 May 2023 - This inclusion by the PBS for the treatment of patients with relapsed and/or refractory multiple myeloma who ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
RACGP opposes GLP-1 RA prescribing restrictions
30 May 2023 - Changing the authority type for initiating the diabetes medication will make it difficult for ‘already burdened’ GPs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2023
1 June 2023 - The June 2023 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2023
Australians battling with prostate cancer to benefit from new PBS listing
25 May 2023 - Australians battling prostate cancer that has spread past the prostate will soon benefit from subsidised medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2023
New life changing treatment for dwarfism added to PBS
24 May 2023 - Children born with the most common form of dwarfism will have access to a new life ...