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Expanded PBS medicines listings to provide new treatment options for over 170,000 asthmatics, and new hope for blood cancer patients
1 June 2020 - Australians with asthma and multiple myeloma will have broader access to life changing medicines as a result ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2020
New combination therapy now reimbursed for Australians living with incurable blood cancer
1 June 2020 - New combination therapy now reimbursed for Australians living with incurable blood cancer. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2020
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2020
1 June 2020 - The June 2020 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2020
Greater flexibility for Australians with severe asthma with reimbursement of at-home
1 June 2020 - Greater flexibility for Australians with severe asthma with reimbursement of at-home, self-administration delivery of Nucala (mepolizumab) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
COVID-19: researchers halt patient recruitment for hydroxychloroquine trial
28 May 2020 - Australian researchers have suspended patient recruitment in a major clinical trial of the controversial anti-malaria drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Off-label drugs a risky business
28 May 2020 - Three years ago a 64cm blood clot caused by a drug used to treat acne, Diane ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Painkiller packs cut down to size as opioid crackdown intensifies
27 May 2020 - The drugs have become household names in Australia: oxycodone, codeine, morphine and tramadol. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2020
Australia avoids 'risky business' of coronavirus vaccine sweepstakes
27 May 2020 - Australia is avoiding huge financial risks by staying out of the global sweepstakes on coronavirus vaccines. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2020
Record flu vaccines in 2020 to protect Australians
27 May 2020 - An additional two million flu vaccines will available from this week bringing the total number available in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
Australians stick with malaria drug hydroxychoroquine trial
26 May 2020 - Australian researchers are pressing ahead with administering the controversial antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine in at least one ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 May 2020
New biosimilar trastuzumab on the PBS - information for health professionals and patients
26 May 2020 - A biosimilar brand of trastuzumab (Trazimera) was listed on the PBS on 1 May 2020. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
'Act now': AMA urges health education to combat 'growing' anti-vaxxer movement
25 May 2020 - Medical experts warn decades of progress on immunisation could be undone unless the federal government urgently ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
TGA approves Rozlytrek
25 May 2020 - Roche secures TGA approval for another cancer medicine. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
COVID-19: CSL aims to cover Australia with vaccine
25 May 2020 - Vaccine manufacturer CSL has plans in place to manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine onshore as it confirms ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2020
Final report for the post-market review of pulmonary arterial hypertension medicines
25 May 2020 - The final report and outcomes of the post-market review of pulmonary arterial hypertension medicines are now publicly ...