Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2023
‘An absolute game changer’: children under 12 to receive life saving drug
6 April 2023 - Hundreds of children with cystic fibrosis will have subsidised access to the life-changing medication Trikafta from May after a year long campaign to subsidise the drug for people under 12.
The groundbreaking medication was added to the PBS in April last year, but only for those 12 years and over. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler will announce on Thursday the extension of the scheme to include six to 11 year olds, reducing the cost to parents from nearly $22,000 a month to just $30 a script.
