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RSS FeedPosted 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jan 2023
UK to introduce first of its kind framework to make it easier to manufacture innovative medicines at the point of care
25 January 2023 - The establishment of a regulatory framework for point of care manufacturing would bring a range of benefits ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2023
Changes to the PBS to make medicines more affordable
3 January 2023 - From 1 January 2023, the maximum cost of general prescriptions under the PBS will fall for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2023
Cheaper medicines from today
1 January 2023 - From today, millions of Australians will pay up to 29% less for their PBS prescriptions, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2022
Prices soar for antibiotics as desperate parents search for strep A medicine
11 December 2022 - Drug companies have been accused of “cartel behaviour” for increasing the costs of antibiotics during the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Nov 2022
Type 2 diabetes drug shortage: Victoria’s Ozempic, Trulicity supplies limited until March
28 November 2022 - Type 2 diabetes sufferers are spending hours driving around the suburbs begging pharmacists for a drug that’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2022
High demand of popular obesity drug Saxenda; may be going to "wrong" patients
26 November 2022 - Since April of this year there has been a high demand for the obesity drug Saxenda, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2022
NSW pharmacists to prescribe the pill, antibiotics in health shake-up
13 November 2022 - Pharmacists will be able to prescribe a range of meds and repeat scripts under a NSW government ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2022
PBS minimum stockholding requirements
21 October 2022 - Amendments made by the National Health Amendment Act 2021 give effect to the commitments in the new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2022
Diabetics won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines, PHARMAC says
13 October 2022 - PHARMAC says people with type 2 diabetes won’t be made to pay for alternative medicines. ...