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PBAC Generic Medicines Working Group work plans
21 April 2016 - A summary of the work plans for the Generic Medicines Working Group is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2016
Pharmacy Guild member delegation calls for fairer Section 100 arrangements
20 April 2016 - A delegation of Guild members from the Northern Territory and Western Australia visited Canberra this week to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2016
New model needed to relieve hepatitis C medicines pressure on pharmacies
20 April 2016 - There is a real risk that people living with chronic hepatitis C may not have timely access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2016
Survey of healthcare experiences of Australian adults living with rare diseases
19 April 2016 - Few studies have examined whether the healthcare needs of people living with rare diseases are being met. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2016
Price disclosure - drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-branded criteria for the 2016 October Cycle
12 April 2016 - A list of drugs and manners of administration that meet the F2/multi-branded criteria (30 month clock) for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2016
PBAC Guidelines review - co-dependent technologies
12 April 2016 - The public consultation process for the assessment of co-dependent technology chapter of the draft revised PBAC Guidelines ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2016
PBS price cuts cruel pharm innovations
7 April 2016 - Earlier this week, pharmaceutical companies across the country received a substantial financial penalty, as the federal government’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2016
Closure of BEACH program after 18 years
11 April 2016 - The current contract with Australian Government Department of Health (DoH) for a partial contribution to the costs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2016
PBAC Guidelines review update
7 April 2016 - The public consultation process on the draft revised PBAC Guidelines (Version 5.0) is now closed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2016
Medicines sector reforms deliver consumer benefits and a sustainable PBS
4 April 2016 - Consumers, taxpayers and the national health system will benefit from the significant savings being delivered by medicine ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2016
'Hundreds of cancer drugs' to enter market in next five years: report
4 April 2016 - Businessman Ron Walker considers himself among the luckiest cancer survivors. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2016
Affordable access to innovative cancer medicines — don’t forget the prices
4 April 2016 - On 17 September 2015, the much anticipated Senate report on the Availability of new, innovative and specialist ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Mar 2016
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2016 update
1 April 2016 - The April 2016 issue of the Schedule sees a number of new/revised listings such as arsenic trioxide ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Mar 2016
Review of pharmacy remuneration and regulation - message from the Chair
24 March 2016 - Following his delivery of an informative presentation to pharmacists and industry at the Pharmacy Guild's 2016 Australian ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2016
The drug industry can help reduce cancer drug costs
21 March 2016 - Bach and colleagues’ article is particularly relevant because cancer drug expenditure is of major concern. ...