Australian patients risk losing lifesaving medicines amid pharmaceutical subsidy crisis

The Australian

20 June 2026 - Australian patients risk losing ­access to lifesaving medicines, with the nation “cleaved off” from global drug development, amid growing demands for the PBS to pay more for innovative therapies.

One of the nation’s leading oncologists has issued a devastating prediction that Australian cancer survival rates will fall as patients wait years to gain access to ­cutting-edge medicines available in the US, Europe and China.

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