10 September 2024 - A Government review of Australia’s systems for accessing medicine has said it could slash waiting times for new treatments by 16 months in a majority of cases, proposing 50 reforms and an independent body to institute systematic change.

The Health Technology Assessment review comes after sustained criticism from pharma­ceutical and medtech com­panies, and patients, that Australia’s process of approving new medicines and technologies was far too lengthy and bureaucratic, failing to meaningfully include consumers.

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