Menopausal women with a low sex drive won’t have cheaper access to drug

8 April 2026 - Australia’s medicines subsidy gatekeeper has rejected cheaper access to a testosterone product for women. Some are questioning ...

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‘Life-changing’ eczema drug for children caught in $16,000/year PBS limbo

5 April 2026 - A prescription medication for a debilitating skin condition that is listed on the PBS for adults ...

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Cheaper medicines for people fighting cancer and rare diseases

1 April 2026 - The Albanese Government is continuing to deliver cheaper medicines with Australians living with debilitating conditions including ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 April 2026

1 April 2026 - The April 2026 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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Leading cancer drug subsidised for thousands of patients

29 March 2026 - Health Minister Mark Butler has expanded the PBS listing of a leading cancer drug, giving more than ...

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Expanded immunotherapy PBS listing to treat more cancers

29 March 2026 - The Albanese Government is continuing to deliver cheaper medicines with thousands more Australians living with advanced ...

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PBAC advice on equitable access to GLP-1 obesity treatments

17 March 2026 - On 6 March 2025, Minister Butler wrote to the PBAC to request the Committee’s advice on ...

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Cutting-edge cancer treatment research heading offshore as local patients miss out

11 March 2026 - Newsreader Will McDonald is six years into his fight with aggressive prostate cancer. He wants all Australians ...

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New multi-indication PBS listing for two immunotherapy treatments from March 2026

1 March 2026 - Bristol Myers Squibb Australia confirms that Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) will be listed on the ...

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Dying father pleads for cancer drug subsidy to ‘keep being a dad’

5 March 2026 - A North Queensland mother has travelled to Canberra to beg the Federal Government to save her ...

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World first cheaper immunotherapy treatment listing for patients with advanced or rare cancers

1 March 2026 - From today, thousands more Australians living with advanced and rare cancers will have access to affordable ...

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More cheaper medicines to help Australians fight complex and chronic illness

2 March 2026 - Australians living with auto-immune disease, lymphoma, Parkinson's, motor neuron disease and cerebral palsy will have access ...

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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 March 2026

1 March 2026 - The March 2026 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...

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New PBS listing for immunotherapy cancer drugs Opdivo and Yervoy to be slashed

2 March 2026 - Patients with advanced and rare cancers will be able to access two immunotherapy drugs for just $25, ...

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Clinton's life could be cut short unless he pays thousands for PBS listed medication

18 February 2026 - After being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of thyroid cancer 10 years ago, father ...

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