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PBS summary of changes for 1 June 2019
10 May 2019 - The Prime Minister has announced an 18 May 2019 federal election and as such, the Department ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 May 2019 update
1 May 2019 - The May 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
Biogen’s orphan drug Spinraza to get reimbursement
9 April 2019 - Biogen’s Spinraza (ingredient: nusinersen), a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), started to receive insurance benefits as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2019
PBAC recommended new medicines yet to be listed on the PBS - the ones that missed the cut
3 April 2019 - The Government's dubious claim that it is averaging 31 new or amended listings per month, approximately ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
Listing of new medicines on the PBS - are we soon to change to an El Niño pattern?
2 April 2019 - Many new medicines have been listed on the PBS in the first four months of 2019. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
Breast cancer and rare skin cancer medicines on the PBS
1 April 2019 - The Liberal National Government is improving the lives of patients with breast cancer and a rare skin ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Apr 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 April 2019 update
1 April 2019 - The April 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2019 update
1 April 2019 - The April 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Mar 2019
Batten disease medication Brineura available to Australian children via Life Saving Drugs Program
29 March 2019 - A groundbreaking drug that slows the progression of a rare and fatal childhood illness has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Mar 2019
PBAC report - Options for listing PD-(L)1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple cancer indications on the PBS
22 March 2019 - The PBAC Report to the Minister for Health on “Options for listing PD(L)-1 checkpoint inhibitors for multiple ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Three new drugs added to PBS to ease cost pain
19 March 2019 - Three new treatments to help save or prolong the lives of thousands of Australians suffering from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2019
New HIV drug gets cheaper with subsidies
1 March 2019 - Australians living with HIV will soon have another treatment drug available to them at a more ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 March 2019 update
1 March 2019 - The March 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule - 1 March 2019 update
1 March 2019 - The March 2019 issue of the New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule is now available and in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2019
Leukaemia, advanced kidney cancer, bladder cancer and liver cancer drugs added to PBS
23 February 2019 - Four new cancer medicines will soon be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. ...