Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2026
Lifesaving drugs blocked by Australia’s ‘broken’ approvals process
12 February 2026 - Australia’s processes for funding vital medicines is recognised as broken. Lives are on the line as patients, doctors, cancer advocacy groups and big pharma speak out.
The Australian heads of two of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have described the plight of seriously ill Australian patients who cannot access affordable innovative medicines as “catastrophic” and warned some of the world’s cutting-edge therapies will not be available in this country in future amid broken medicines subsidy processes.
