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Program to protect SA newborns from RSV
17 September 2024 - South Australia will protect newborn babies from the impacts of respiratory syncytial virus for the winter ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2024
EMA publishes agenda for 16-19 September 2024 CHMP meeting
16 September 2024 - The EMA has published a draft agenda for this week's CHMP meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Sep 2024
Understanding modelled economic evaluations: a reader's guide for clinicians
26 August 2024 - Economic evaluations have a long history in health care. Full economic evaluations aim to inform decision making ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2024
New medicines could be PBS listed in just four weeks under a proposal the health minister calls 'visionary'
11 September 2024 - Have you ever had to wait for an important and expensive medicine to be subsidised? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Sep 2024
Diabetes drug Mounjaro approved for obesity treatment by TGA
11 September 2024 - An in-demand diabetes drug that went viral for its weight-loss side effect has been approved to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2024
HTA review outlines First Nations, pediatric reform and quick, cheap medicine
10 September 2024 - A Government review of Australia’s systems for accessing medicine has said it could slash waiting times ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2024
New and expanded PBS listings for Fabry disease and kidney cancer
9 September 2024 - Australians with Fabry disease, a rare genetic condition, and people with kidney cancer now have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2024
Agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting (version 4)
6 September 2024 - Version 4 of the agenda for the November 2024 PBAC meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2024
Australians save over half a billion dollars on cheaper medicines
1 September 2024 - Thanks to the Albanese Labor Government Australians have saved over half a billion dollars ($525 million) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2024
Cabometyx (cabozantinib) now available for eligible patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma via the PBS
1 September 2024 - Cabometyx (cabozantinib), a once daily oral medication, is now available on the PBS for eligible patients with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2024
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2024
The September 2024 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2024
Public Summary Documents – May 2024 PBAC meeting
30 August 2024 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the May 2024 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2024
Agenda for the September 2024 PBAC intracycle meeting
30 August 2024 - The agenda for the September 2024 PBAC intracycle meeting is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2024
Mark Butler secures 22 million IV fluid bags amid major shortage
27 August 2024 - The federal government has secured 22 million bags of IV fluids amid a major supply shortage ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Aug 2024
Life prolonging breast cancer drug receives expanded access on the PBS
28 August 2024 - Australians diagnosed with a type of metastatic breast cancer will now have access to a life ...