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Calls for weight loss drugs like Ozempic to be subsidised for people with schizophrenia
11 June 2025 - Queensland researchers are calling for weight loss medicines to be listed on the PBS for people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
Research funding and more treatment options to support the fight against MND
9 June 2025 - The Australian Government is providing a further $4.5 million and listing another treatment to ensure the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for July 2025 PBAC meeting (version 4)
10 June 2025 - The DoH has published a revised agenda for next month's PBAC meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2025
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 June 2025
1 June 2025 - The June 2025 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting
9 May 2025 - The agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2025
Government lists life-changing epilepsy drug fenfluramine on PBS
4 May 2025 - For the Sutton family, finding a drug that controlled four-year-old daughter Layla’s rare form of epilepsy was ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2025
DoH publishes revised agenda for the May 2025 PBAC meeting
2 May 2025 - The agenda for the May 2025 PBAC meeting has been updated. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Apr 2025
Come to grips’: fighting lymphoma from home
28 April 2025 - Australian patients with the most common form of lymphoma will for the first time have access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Ketamine nasal spray to become cheaper for Australians with treatment-resistant depression
28 April 2025 - A nasal spray that uses a form of ketamine to treat stubborn depression will be added ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Public Summary Documents (first time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) – December 2024 PBAC meeting
24 April 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (first-time decisions not to recommend and deferrals) from the December 2024 PBAC meeting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2025
Recommendations made by the PBAC – March 2025
24 April 2025 - Recommendations made by the PBAC in March 2025 relating to the listing of medicines on the PBS ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2025
Multiple myeloma drug subsidised after treatment costs ballooned
24 April 2025 - It’s one of the few cancers still considered incurable, and those diagnosed with multiple myeloma will likely ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2025
Eli Lilly issues warning for Australia as Trump signals pharma tariffs
15 April 2025 - Eli Lilly says it could pull tens of millions of dollars invested in Australian clinical trials unless ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Apr 2025
Public Summary Documents – December 2024 PBAC meeting
11 April 2025 - The Public Summary Documents (positive recommendations and subsequent decisions not to recommend) from the December 2024 PBAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Apr 2025
Agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting
2 April 2025 - The agenda for the July 2025 PBAC meeting is now available. ...