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Price relief as epilepsy drug PBS listed
1 September 2021 - Australian epilepsy sufferers will now be reimbursed for a drug that reduces uncontrolled seizures, as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2021 update
1 September 2021 - The September 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 September 2021 update
1 September 2021 - The September 2021 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2021
Breakthrough PBS listings to benefit thousands of Australians
29 August 2021 - From 1 September 2021, thousands of Australians living with schizophrenia, liver disease, lymphoma and anaphylaxis will have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2021
CVS juggles biosimilar options on its formulary
27 August 2021 - Whether payers put biosimilars on formulary, versus originator products, depends in large part on the respective ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2021
Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy
5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2021
New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer
5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2021
Government subsidises medicine to combat high cholesterol in ‘high-risk’ Australians
1 August 2021 - Experts are welcoming the PBS listing of a medicine that helps reduce unacceptably high ‘bad cholesterol’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2021
Reducing the cost of medicines through new PBS listings
1 August 2021 - From August 1, the Australian Government is listing a number of new medicines on the PBS to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2021
New migraine, spinal muscular atrophy drugs on PBS ease financial pain
1 August 2021 - New drugs for spinal muscular atrophy, migraine and high cholesterol are being added to the pharmaceutical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2021
1 August 2021 - The August 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2021
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 August 2021
1 August 2021 - The August 2021 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jul 2021
Landmark PBS listing for Australians with bowel cancer
20 July 2021 - The Australian Government is providing access to a new treatment through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to support ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2021
Additional treatment option – Tremfya – now available on the PBS for Australians with active psoriatic arthritis
1 July 2021 - The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that Tremfya (guselkumab) is now available on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 July 2021
1 July 2021 - The July 2021 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in ...