Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Feb 2026
Sick Australians risk being locked out of lifesaving medicines by outdated PBS
12 February 2026 - More medicines are successfully treating illness and disease, but Pfizer’s local boss says the PBS is falling behind in supporting innovation, and ill Australians will be the ones who miss out.
What will you do if medical breakthroughs for deadly diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s or stroke become available this year – but Australians are locked out from accessing them?
The way the Australian health system is structured, that is a real possibility.
