29 November 2025 - The Albanese Government could introduce a new health fund by the next federal budget to bankroll treatments awaiting subsidy approval as part of the most significant reform to the drug access system in 30 years.

Health Minister Mark Butler will be asked by a government working group to consider a PBS bridging fund, which would subsidise access to new treatments with high clinical value before they were granted or denied entry onto the PBS.

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