Australia’s TGA approves registration of CSL’s Andembry (garadacimab) for the prevention of recurrent hereditary angioedema attacks

24 January 2025 - This regulatory approval for registration in Australia is the first in the world for Andembry. ...

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Drug shortage crisis demands intervention, AMA warns, as patients struggle to secure medicines

20 January 2025 - There are more than 400 medicine shortages, and the country’s leading medical group blames it on ‘ad ...

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Australians benefit from freeze to maximum cost of PBS medicines

20 January 2025 - The Australian Government has launched an advertising campaign to raise awareness about a freeze on the maximum ...

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Protection against RSV for mums and bubs with free vaccine available from 3 February

19 January 2025 - From 3 February 2025, Australian mums and their newborn babies will have free access to the best ...

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Junshi Biosciences announces toripalimab’s approval in Australia

17 January 2025 - Shanghai Junshi Biosciences announced that toripalimab, the anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody self-developed by the company, has obtained the ...

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Peter’s prostate cancer diagnosis came as a shock. Now, he wants to protect his kids.

14 January 2025 - Peter had no symptoms when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now, he’d like to see an ...

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Price must be right to put obesity pill on the PBS

6 January 2025 - Whether to fully subsidise the new generation weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro and Ozempic for ...

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Global pharma giants push for weight loss drugs to be added to PBS

6 January 2025 - Taxpayers would fund popular weight loss drugs for people with severe obesity under a proposal from ...

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Cheaper medicines stay cheaper as Australians save $1.1 billion

2 January 2025 - On 1 January 2025, for the first time in more than 25 years, the maximum amount people ...

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New and expanded PBS listings for breast and prostate cancer

2 January 2025 - Australians with prostate and breast cancer now have affordable access to affordable new and expanded medicines ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 January 2025

 1 January 2025 - The January 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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Utilisation analysis of heart failure medicines listed on the PBS

20 December 2024 - At its September 2024 meeting, the PBAC considered a report presenting a utilisation analysis of PBS ...

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Labor leaves genetics loophole for life insurers

21 December 2024 - One of the last barriers to widespread genetic testing — discrimination against obtaining life insurance — ...

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Bureaucratic ‘deficiencies’ in medicine funding underscore access crisis

26 December 2024 - The Government’s independent medicine funding assessor, still recovering from a public failure to process months worth ...

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PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report (2023-24)

19 December 2024 - The PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024 is now available. ...

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