Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jul 2025
Top level push for taxpayer funding of weight loss drugs gathers pace
3 July 2025 - Pharma giants are sweating on the results of a federal government request for guidance on adding weight loss drugs to the PBS in a bid to tackle the obesity epidemic.
Drug companies are closely watching to see what stance the PBAC will take in its advice to Health Minister Mark Butler, who asked the body to provide guidance on subsidised access to weight loss drugs. The PBAC’s advice to the minister is set to heavily determine future applications by pharma giants for public funding of GLP-1 agonists and similar drugs on the PBS.
