Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2019
New PBS listings will give more than 500,000 Australians cheaper medicines
30 September 2019 - It is estimated more than 500,000 Australians will have access to cheaper medicines when new products are added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme tomorrow.
Treatments for lung cancer, leukaemia, seizures or nerve pain, chemotherapy-induced nausea and high cholesterol levels will be listed on the PBS.
The new listings will see the price of the lung cancer medications come down from $11,400 per script, or more than $189,100 per course of treatment, to $40.30 per script and $6.50 for patients with a concession card.
