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Ovarian cancer: Bay of Plenty mother spends more than $130,000 on treatments
12 May 2023 - Four cancer treatments in three years: $132,775. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2023
Patients lose access to free medicines amid spat between drugmakers, health plans
2 May 2023 - Pharmaceutical companies have cut financial assistance to thwart health plan tactics. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2023
Medicines industry says measures are in place to mitigate supply ‘risk’
27 April 2023 - The peak body representing the medicines industry in Australia says it “understand the intent’ of moves ...
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 25 Apr 2023
Senate legislation would cap insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance
21 April 2023 - Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced legislation that would extend the $35 insulin price ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Apr 2023
OTC naloxone is a baby step toward making the life-saving medication accessible
17 April 2023 - In an attempt to make naloxone more accessible amid the massive human toll of the opioid crisis, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2023
Australian cancer patients spend $200 million a year on treatments not on the PBS and it’s got to change
16 April 2023 - Australian cancer patients were spending in excess of $200m each year of their own money on therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
HHS finalises rule to strengthen Medicare, improve access to affordable prescription drug coverage and hold private insurance companies accountable to delivering quality health care for America’s seniors and people with disabilities
5 April 2023 - Thanks to President Biden’s new law to lower prescription drug costs, the final rule will also ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2023
Does insulin price reduction suggest a path forward for lowering drug costs?
29 March 2023 - The crisis in cost of medications has increasingly focused on insulin. The Inflation Reduction Act caps insulin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Mar 2023
Diabetes treatment can be incredibly costly. But the biggest cost is (surprisingly) not insulin.
19 March 2023 - Millions of Americans with diabetes have cheered as drug makers slashed the price of insulin, the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
Patent system key to lower drug prices, experts say
9 March 2023 - Following the Biden administration’s progress towards lowering prescription drug prices with Medicare price negotiations, some industry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Mar 2023
New drugs are coming to market at sky-high prices
9 March 2023 - Trend follows rising pressure on companies to rein in repeat or annual price hikes for older drugs/ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Mar 2023
'Death sentence' for mum with skin cancer without $100k for the drugs she needs
3 March 2023 - Jen Rowlands, 43, faces certain death from terminal cancer without a specific drug that could radically improve ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2023
Ultra-fast insulin drug Fiasp to be removed from PBS making it unaffordable for many diabetes sufferers
2 March 2023 - For the past six months, 14-year-old Freya Goldston has attended more school, swimming training and increased her ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2023
Lilly cuts insulin prices by 70% and caps patient insulin out of pocket costs at $35 per month
1 March 2023 - Eli Lilly today announced price reductions of 70% for its most commonly prescribed insulins and an expansion ...