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Breast cancer sufferer Brandi Allsop needs costly treatment for a chance to stay alive
23 August 2024 - A young Hervey Bay mother fighting to access costly treatment for her stage three breast cancer has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2024
Dying patients up for $4,000 painkillers in drug supply crisis
21 August 2024 - Dying patients may have to pay more than $4,000 for a box of imported pain-killing tablets ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2024
Update from the PBAC (August 2024)
19 August 2024 - An update from the Deputy Chair of the PBAC. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2024
New PBS listing for migalastat (Galafold) for the treatment of Fabry disease
19 August 2024 - On 1 September 2024, migalastat hydrochloride (Galafold) will become available on the PBS for the treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2024
Most expensive treatments remain out of reach without health reform
18 August 2024 - Patients are waiting nearly 600 days to access medicines to which the Therapeutic Goods Administration has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2024
Intravenous scandal escalates: the excuses are fluid
15 August 2024 - A shortage of intravenous IV fluid bags that is causing chaos in Australian hospitals is being ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Aug 2024
Cheaper medicines for rare genetic disorders and cancer
12 August 2024 - Adults with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis and with certain cancers, will now have access to cheaper medicines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2024
PBS listing for Australians with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis with polyneuropathy
1 August 2024 - Medison Pharma, alongside their partner Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, are pleased to announce that from 1 August 2024, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2024
Groundbreaking therapy for terminal cancers finally publicly funded
2 August 2024 - A groundbreaking pan-tumour pharmaceutical that can act upon multiple different tumour types has been publicly funded ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2024
Agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting (version 1)
31 July 2024 - The agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2024
Wegovy, a weight loss drug similar to Ozempic, will be sold in Australia from August 5
3 August 2024 - A drug that mimics popular weight loss medicine Ozempic will be available in Australian pharmacies within ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2024
Life-changing cancer treatment jab added to PBS
31 July 2024 - Australians fighting lung and liver cancer will soon be able to access a life-saving cancer treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2024
MSAC publishes agenda for November 2024 MSAC meeting
31 July 2024 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of applications scheduled to be considered by the MSAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2024
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2024
1 August 2024 - The August 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jul 2024
Life changing medicine for children with cystic fibrosis
29 July 2024 - Australian children with cystic fibrosis now have access to cheaper medicines earlier under the PBS thanks ...