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Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 October 2025
1 October 2025 - The October 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2025
New life changing medicines listed on the PBS
28 September 2025 - From 1 October 2025, Australians affected by breast cancer and rare kidney disease will have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2025
Major breast cancer treatment cost slashed under new PBS listing
28 September 2025 - Thousands of women will pay significantly less for treatment after the Federal Government listed a leading ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2025
Health Minister Mark Butler says PBS not for negotiation, Donald Trump announced 100 pc tariff on pharmaceutical goods
26 September 2025 - Health Minister Mark Butler says Australia’s PBS will be protected at all costs, despite a pending ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2025
Push for taxpayers to fund weight loss drugs for 500,000 Australians
23 September 2025 - Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has asked the Federal Government to subsidise its blockbuster weight loss ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2025
Cost barrier emerges for breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug in Australia
19 September 2025 - The first new Alzheimer’s drug approved for use in Australia in 25 years, ticked off by ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2025
DoH publishes agenda for November 2025 PBAC meeting (version 3)
5 September 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for the November 2025 PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2025
'More than my rent': NSW woman's $1000 a month fight for relief
3 September 2025 - Six years ago, Raphaella Kathryn Crosby could barely get out of bed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for September 2025 PBAC meeting (version 2)
2 September 2025 - The agenda for the September 2025 PBAC meeting has now been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2025
Cost of PBS scripts to be dropped to $25 from January 1 2026
2 September 2025 - Prescriptions listed on the PBS will be cut from $31.60 to $25 from January 1, 2026, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2025
Care for people with rare and less common cancers ‘delayed and fragmented’, new report reveals
1 September 2025 - A national survey of nearly 2,500 people affected by cancer has found those with a rare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2025
More cheaper medicines now available for Australians
1 September 2025 - From today, Australians with paediatric psoriasis, fibrodysplasia, asthma, cystic fibrosis and blood cancer now have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 September 2025
1 September 2025 - The September 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2025
Game changing asthma treatment for kids listed on PBS
29 August 2025 - A new antibody treatment for severe asthma in children is about to become significantly more affordable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2025
Public Summary Documents – May 2025 PBAC meeting
29 August 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the May 2025 PBAC ...