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Recommendations made by the PBAC – December 2021 intracycle meeting
28 January 2022 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in December 2021 relating to the listing of drugs on the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
'I feel like I'm drowning': thousands with cystic fibrosis wait to hear if 'life-saving' drug will be listed on PBS
27 January 2022 - Matt Dickinson was struggling to breathe when his mother rushed him to an Adelaide hospital earlier ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Australians deserve fast access to the latest medicines, vaccines and treatments
28 January 2022 - Medicines Australia recommends the Australian Government delivers a plan to shorten the time that patients wait ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jan 2022
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (Comirnaty) provisionally approved for use as a booster in individuals aged 16-17 years old
28 January 2022 - The Therapeutic Goods Administration has provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty for use as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
Moderna aims to deliver Omicron COVID-19 vaccine by September
27 January 2022 - A COVID-19 booster shot, targeted specifically at the Omicron variant, is expected to be delivered by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
TGA approves Tepmetko for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer
27 January 2022 - Tepotinib (Tepmetko) has provisional approval in Australia for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
COVID-19 vaccine weekly safety report (27 January 2022)
27 January 2022 - To 23 January 2022, the TGA has received 431 reports which have been assessed as likely to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jan 2022
2022 April price disclosure cycle – indicative prices
27 January 2022 - Indicative 1 April 2022 prices resulting from the 2022 April Cycle of Price Disclosure have now been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
TGA approves MSD's Vaxneuvance
24 January 2022 - Vaxneuvance (pneumococcal 15 valent conjugate vaccine (CRM197 protein)) was approved on 17 January 2022 for active ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine to be available in coming weeks
24 January 2022 - Australians aged 18+ will now have access to a fourth COVID-19 vaccine, Nuvaxovid (Novavax) in coming weeks, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2022
Australians with severe dermatitis to benefit from PBS listing
24 January 2022 - From 1 February 2022, Australians with severe atopic dermatitis will have access to a new treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
ATAGI statement on the use of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine (Nuvaxovid)
24 January 2022 - ATAGI recommends that Novavax COVID-19 vaccine can be used for the primary course of COVID-19 vaccination ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
Pharmacists struggle to meet demand for free COVID test kits amid stock shortage
23 January 2022 - Chemists across the country say they do not have enough rapid antigen tests to start handing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2022
Thousands to benefit from decision to subsidise eczema treatment
23 January 2022 - Australians suffering from a severe form of eczema will save tens of thousands of dollars after a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2022
National Medicines Policy Review – publication of submissions
21 January 2022 - On 30 August 2021, the National Medicines Policy Review Committee invited submissions to support the Review of ...