New leaders for medicines and medical services committees

20 March 2024 - Two esteemed medical experts have been appointed to oversee the committees that advise Government on funding medicines, ...

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New prostate cancer treatment helping patients live longer, better

27 November 2022 - A treatment that could allow advanced prostate cancer patients to avoid chemotherapy and live longer has arrived ...

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Disaster tipped after vital medicine cut off

8 October 2022 - The supply of a critical lifesaving nuclear medicine to Australia has been cut off, prompting urgent ...

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AMA and Australian Government agree to strengthening the MBS review process and informed financial consent

8 June 2021 - The Australian Government and the Australian Medical Association have reached agreement to work together to co-design the ...

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New treatment available free for haemophilia A patients

26 September 2020 - All Australian governments have agreed to fund a new treatment for haemophilia patients, through our national blood ...

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Thousands of patients to access Medicare subsidies for life-saving treatments

1 November 2017 - Thousands of patients will now have access to new Medicare subsidies to treat epilepsy, stroke, lymphoma, ...

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McCain case reopens debate for brain cancer drug subsidy

25 July 2017 - Leading neurosurgeon Kate Drummond has called on the Turnbull government to break the “bureaucratic mould” and ...

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