Cancer patient in $16k hit to stay alive

A NSW leukaemia patient has told of his family's distress trying to raise $16,000 every three weeks for each dose ...

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Melanoma treatment among 50 new medicines added to PBS list

Fifty new and amended medicines have been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Health Minister Peter Dutton says it means ...
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Summary of the agenda for the PBAC July 2014 meeting

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NICE is moving onward according to Sir Michael Rawlins

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Australian Statistics on Medicines 2011

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New price cuts to medicines demonstrate PBS sustainability

“Price cuts to over 100 PBS-listed medicines will again deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to Government, patients ...

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Cancer sufferers waiting years for PBS drug approvals

A senate inquiry in Canberra will today hear evidence on the availability of new and specialist cancer drugs in Australia. ...

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State Election 2015: Liberals unveil plan for no-gap drugs for the chronically ill

Children and adults with serious illnesses such as juvenile diabetes, cancer and severe asthma will have access to free medicine with ...

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PBAC holds hepatitis C virus stakeholder meeting

The PBAC convened a hepatitis C virus stakeholder meeting in Canberra on 25 February 2014.  The objectives of the meeting ...

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Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee Guidelines Review

The Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, has approved a review of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee’s (PBAC) submission guidelines to ...

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Health Minister Sussan Ley says cost of common medicines could halve under new generic drug deal

The Federal Government says the price of common drugs could be slashed after it inked a number of important deals ...

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Access to medicines at risk?

Australia’s peak medicines body has called on the Federal Government to clarify the extent of Budget cuts likely to affect ...

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New national plan to tackle the impact of asthma

A new National Asthma Strategy will be developed to address the toll the condition has on the lives of more ...

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Targeted therapies raise the number of subsidised high-priced drugs

The number of high-priced drugs being subsidised by the Commonwealth has dramatically increased in recent years as pharmaceutical companies produce ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2015 update

The 1 June 2015 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. The Schedule includes the following new/revised ...

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