Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Mar 2019
Three new drugs added to PBS to ease cost pain
19 March 2019 - Three new treatments to help save or prolong the lives of thousands of Australians suffering from Parkinson’s, motor neuron and rare cancers will be slashed by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Morrison Government will today add the drugs to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in a multimillion-dollar investment likely to save families up to $300,000 a year.
A $19 million investment will slash the price of access to Adcetris for suffers of a rare form of disease affecting around up to 200 Australians annually.
