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Agenda for the November 2018 PBAC meeting
22 August 2018 - The agenda for the November 2018 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2018
Insights from the July 2018 PBAC meeting
20 August 2018 - Highest recommendation rate for a scheduled PBAC meeting in modern times. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Aug 2018
Recommendations made by the PBAC - July 2018
17 August 2018 - The recommendations from the July 2018 PBAC meeting are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2018
More results needed before company renews push to list meningococcal B vaccine on PBS
15 August 2018 - A potentially life-saving meningococcal B vaccine is unlikely to become free to people across Australia this ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2018
More ill as state waits for vaccine
4 August 2018 - A vaccine to combat the most prevalent strain of meningococcal disease will be made available nationally, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2018
Meningococcal vaccine rejected as not being "cost-effective"
25 July 2018 - With five cases of meningococccal disease now confirmed in Tasmania, questions are being asked about why the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2018
Meningococcal vaccine rollout announced as Government rejects claims it 'isn't listening' to concerns
26 July 2018 - Vaccines covering the A, C, W and Y meningococcal strains will be available free for under-21s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2018
Meningococcal scare has Hobart chemists swamped by requests for vaccine
26 July 2018 - Hobart pharmacies are reporting long waiting lists for meningococcal disease vaccines as hundreds of people try ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2018
'False and reckless': Health Minister slams anti-vaccination documentary maker
26 July 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has slammed a controversial anti-vaccination documentary ahead of its Australian launch, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2018
Tasmania to expand meningococcal vaccination program
24 July 2018 - Tasmania's meningococcal vaccination program will be extended in the wake of three cases of the deadly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jul 2018
Tasmanian pharmacies facing deluge of demand for meningococcal vaccines
23 July 2018 - Tasmanian pharmacies say demand for meningococcal vaccines has soared with stocks of one vaccine, approved for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2018
Sellas receives fast track designation from FDA for galinpepimut-S for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma
20 July 2018 - Sellas Life Sciences today announced that the U.S. FDA has granted fast track designation to the Company’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2018
Meningococcal B vaccine to be added to immunisation scheme if experts recommend it
18 July 2018 - Meningococcal B vaccine will be added to the national vaccination program if medical experts recommend it, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2018
PBS cost recovery implementation statement (2018-2019)
5 July 2018 - PBS and NIP cost recovery – annual indexation of fees. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2018
Nation's first free meningococcal B vaccination program to be funded in South Australia
4 July 2018 - South Australian babies and young people will be the first in the nation to receive free ...