Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
Fifty new and amended medicines have been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Health Minister Peter Dutton says it means ...
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
“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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
A senate inquiry in Canberra will today hear evidence on the availability of new and specialist cancer drugs in Australia. ...
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
The PBAC convened a hepatitis C virus stakeholder meeting in Canberra on 25 February 2014. The objectives of the meeting ...
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
The Federal Government says the price of common drugs could be slashed after it inked a number of important deals ...
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
A new National Asthma Strategy will be developed to address the toll the condition has on the lives of more ...
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2015
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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