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Rare cancer drug to be subsidised
14 November 2021 - A drug to treat a rare stomach and bowel cancer will be subsidised after being listed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2021
Australia to subsidise multiple myeloma drug Darzalex under PBS
31 October 2021 - Blood cancer patients will be among those to benefit with better access to medicine under the Pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2021
Prostate cancer treatment to be put on PBS
31 October 2021 - For the first time in seven years, a prostate cancer therapy will be added to the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 November 2021 update
1 November 2021 - The November 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2021
New and amended PBS listings to help thousands of Australians
30 October 2021 - From 1 November 2021, Australians with a respiratory illness, early onset puberty and blood cancer will have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2021
Breast cancer treatment expanded on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
24 October 2021 - The Morrison Government is helping improve access to an important treatment for Australians battling a form of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2021
Updates to the procedure guidance for listing medicines on the PBS
15 October 2021 - The Department has updated Section 5.8 New brand of existing pharmaceutical item submissions (not requiring PBAC consideration) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2021
Alternative option for common disease listed on PBS for the first time
1 October 2021 - The federal government will for the first time share the costs of an alternative treatment for two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2021
1 October 2021 - The October 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2021
Price relief as epilepsy drug PBS listed
1 September 2021 - Australian epilepsy sufferers will now be reimbursed for a drug that reduces uncontrolled seizures, as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2021 update
1 September 2021 - The September 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2021
Breakthrough PBS listings to benefit thousands of Australians
29 August 2021 - From 1 September 2021, thousands of Australians living with schizophrenia, liver disease, lymphoma and anaphylaxis will have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2021
Government subsidises medicine to combat high cholesterol in ‘high-risk’ Australians
1 August 2021 - Experts are welcoming the PBS listing of a medicine that helps reduce unacceptably high ‘bad cholesterol’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2021
Reducing the cost of medicines through new PBS listings
1 August 2021 - From August 1, the Australian Government is listing a number of new medicines on the PBS to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2021
New migraine, spinal muscular atrophy drugs on PBS ease financial pain
1 August 2021 - New drugs for spinal muscular atrophy, migraine and high cholesterol are being added to the pharmaceutical ...