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Prescription medicines changes place savings for patients ahead of profits for pharmacies
26 April 2023 - The upshot for consumers of the changes to pharmacies prescribing for around 300 common medicines is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Labor’s PBS reforms ‘could lead to drug Hunger Games’, pharmacists warn
25 April 2023 - More than 80% of Australians are opposed to Anthony Albanese’s plan to double the medicines a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Apr 2023
Cheaper medicines to ease cost of living
26 April 2023 - The Australian Government is easing cost of living pressures and making hundreds of common medicines cheaper, by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2023
Major PBS shake-up will allow Australians to purchase more medicine for less, saving buyers $1.6 billion
25 April 2023 - Millions of Australians will be able to buy 60 days' worth of medicine for the price of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2023
Pharmacists warn PBS changes risk medicines shortage
21 April 2023 - Pharmacists have warned that millions of Australians face extreme medicine shortages and months-long wait times under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2023
AMA urges pharmacy reform to deliver lower medicine prices
20 April 2023 - The AMA says it’s high time recommendations from more than a dozen expert reports and inquiries over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2023
Why are there drug shortages?
18 April 2023 - What if you are hospitalised and the drug needed to save your life isn’t available? That ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2023
Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients
11 April 2023 - Robert Landfair, 76, was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer in 2018. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Apr 2023
AstraZeneca vaccine discontinued by Federal Government
5 April 2023 - One of the first COVID-19 jabs offered to Australians has been quietly discontinued, the Federal Government has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2023
TGA’s new powers will help reduce the impact of medicine shortages on patients
24 March 2023 - From 22 March 2023, the TGA can approve the temporary import or supply of an overseas approved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
AMA urges immediate action to save patients on PBS medicines
9 March 2023 - The AMA has urged all members of the Federal Parliament to support the AMA’s campaign to bring ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Feb 2023
Germany proposes to fix shortages in certain medicines
15 February 2023 - Germany's health ministry on Tuesday vowed to fix shortages in medicines for children, antibiotics and cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2023
AMA calls for two months of medicines to be dispensed from a single script
12 February 2023 - The Federal Government must show leadership and implement the recommendations of the independent PBAC to increase the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2023
Amazon’s RxPass doesn’t yet really compete with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company
3 February 2023 - Amazon is adding RxPass to its pharmacy footprint. Purportedly, it’s competing with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2023
Amazon’s bold $5 prescription drug program is the future of pharmacy
28 January 2023 - Amazon is taking yet another bold step into the world of health care, further solidifying its powerful ...