Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2018
MA welcomes passing of PBS Amendment Bill
13 February 2018 - Medicines Australia welcomes the passing of the PBS National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2017.
This Bill amends the National Health Act to implement measures negotiated with Medicines Australia on behalf of the innovative pharmaceutical industry and announced in the 2017 Budget.
Medicines Australia Chief Executive Mr Milton Catelin said: “This Bill, and the Strategic Agreement that underpins it, represents two years of consultation with industry, government and the wider sector to ensure that cost savings are delivered by industry, into the PBS”.
