Global pharma giants push for weight-loss drugs to be added to PBS
Eli Lilly will seek to have Mounjaro listed on the scheme this year. If successful, it would mean taxpayer subsidies for the ...
Price must be right to put obesity drug on the PBS
Whether to fully subsidise the new generation weight loss drugs such as Mounjaro and Ozempic for obese Australians without ...
Pressure on PBS advisory body as drug applications exceed its capacity to assess them
The independent expert body tasked with making recommendations on whether new medications should receive government subsidies ...
Significant changes to kick in on Jan 1
A tranche of cost of living measures set to help struggling Aussies will kick in from January 1. Here’s how you’re affected.
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Bureaucratic ‘deficiencies’ in medicine funding underscore access crisis
In a new report, the ANAO deemed the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, under which the PBAC operates, only “partly effective”, ...
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New And Expanded PBS Listings For Breast And Prostate Cancer
Australians with prostate and breast cancer now have affordable access to affordable new and expanded medicines under the ...
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New treatments for breast and prostate cancer added to PBS
Hundreds of Australians with breast and prostate cancer will benefit from new treatments being added to the Pharmaceutical ...
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Doctors say prisoners are not being treated fairly by the health system
Trent was released from prison on parole eight months ago, and has been battling life threatening health issues ever since. He narrowly avoided a ruptured gall bladder and was recently diagnosed ...