Posts tagged PBS

What are the 20 medicines that are most commonly dumped in your pharmacy’s RUM bin? An article reviewing the findings of the two most recent …

On 1 April a number of large volume drugs managed to avoid a sizable price cut, however the pharmaceutical supply chain has already suffered serious …

An antiepileptic add-on treatment that has been shown to be effective without the need to titrate for tolerability is now available on the PBS Briviact …

Budget backs Minister’s APP comments on seeking a solution to pharmacy’s high-cost medicine dilemma The 2018-19 Federal Budget, delivered last night by Treasurer Scott Morrison …

A new combination therapy for type 2 diabetes, which can be prescribed alongside metformin, is set to be listed on the PBS from 1 April …

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is to be listed on the PBS from 1 April, Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced The preventative medicine tenofovir disoproxil fumarate …

Price disclosure changes not as bad as they seem on paper: experts The latest listed changes to the PBS represent a ‘watering down’ of previous …

Cuts from 6CPA-linked price disclosure changes starting to take effect The 1 April price disclosure cuts will see the impact of measures that were included …

Why can’t pharmacists directly access the PBS for their patients? wonders Angelo Pricolo Many times we have heard various people, organisations or even other governments …

“Certainty and stability” ensured, Guild believes as bill passes both houses   The National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits – Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2017 has …

Guild welcomes removal of location rules sunset clause as PBS bill passes lower house The amended PBS bill, to which a number of Sixth Community …

The Guild’s prediction that the $18.9 billion figure in the 6CPA would not be delivered has come true, executive director David Quilty says Writing in …