Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2016
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's lifeline for sufferers of rare diseases: early access to life-saving drugs
4 September 2016 - The Age reports that Health Minister Sussan Ley will release the government's long-awaited response to an independent review of the regulation of medicines and medical devices this week.
One the review's main recommendations – that the government speed up access to new miracle drugs even if they haven't gone through the usual testing and phase III clinical trial stages – will be adopted.
