Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Butler flags possibility of PBS delistings
US policy could impact PBS listings, but government remains committed to long-term future of “one of the best medicines systems on the planet” Moves by the Trump administration in the …
Board suspends Ferrari-loving pharmacist
Pharmacy owner barred from practising ahead of court hearing over allegation of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme fraud The Pharmacy Board of Australia has moved to suspend a Sydney-based supercar loving pharmacist …
S3 advertising to the public– yes or no?
And PBS accused of “retarding” proper use of drugs. What pharmacy looked like in the late 70s, through the eyes of the AJP. It’s November 1978 and one of the …
Pharmacy remuneration tribunal roles up for grabs
Health Dept seeks three new PBRT members The Department of Health and Aged Care is seeking three recruits for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Remuneration Tribunal (PBRT), the body which determines how …
Show me the money
PBS a huge area of savings compared to other government-administered services including medical and hospital costs Costs of essential goods and services are climbing at twice the rate of inflation, …
First new asthma treatment in a decade
There is new hope for those with “difficult to treat” asthma in the new year, with breakthrough biologic to be PBS listed on 1 Jan Nucala (mepolizumab) is the first …
Deadly waiting game for prostate cancer drugs
Prostate cancer patients have to wait many years to get access to new cancer medicines compared to other countries such as the US. This is resulting in poorer quality of …