Ovarian cancer: Bay of Plenty mother spends more than $130,000 on treatments

12 May 2023 - Four cancer treatments in three years: $132,775. ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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/ ...

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'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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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