MYSTERIOUS: Pharmaceutical benefits scheme - What They Never Told You

Australia is set to get a Wegovy pill. How does it compare with weight-loss injections?

A new tablet version of Wegovy, a peptide used to help people lose weight, has been approved for the first time in Australia.

The Conversation · Nov 4

'Like sand in my eye': treatment gives hope to patients

Thyroid eye disease is a rare, complex, progressive and potentially vision-threatening autoimmune condition estimated to impact 23,000 Australians.

AAP · Oct 31

It’s no secret drug firms donate to political parties. But it’s still a secret exactly how much, and why

Drug companies gave at least A$7.7 million over ten years to Australia’s major political parties, our new study shows. But weaknesses in federal disclosure laws mean nobody knows the true figure.

The Conversation · Oct 14

What does the budget mean for Medicare, medicines, aged care and First Nations health?

Labor’s first health budget in almost a decade has few surprises – and that is a good thing.

The Conversation · Oct 25, 2022

New cancer medicines added to the PBS

Medicines used to treat Australians with skin cancer, lung cancer and a rare genetic disease have been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

AAP · Oct 22, 2022

Cheaper medications as Albanese government eyes overhaul of PBS list

The government will slash the cost of popular medications as it begins what it says is the biggest shakeup to the PBS in its 75-year history.

The New Daily · Sep 26, 2022

Migraine, ulcer treatments to be cheaper

Australian patients will save up to $130 million with new medicines being listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from the beginning of October.

AAP · Sep 26, 2022

Kidney disease drug dapagliflozin added to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Lachlan Ross, who describes his more than a decade-long battle with kidney failure as "very long, and very hard", says chronic kidney disease — which Indigenous residents of remote Central Austral are up to 30 times more likely to suffer from — has no quick fix.

ABC News · Aug 31, 2022

COVID-19 antiviral treatments are on the table for more Australians. What are antivirals and how do they help stop the spread of coronavirus?

More than 73,000 Australians have already benefited from COVID-19 antivirals, but what exactly are they and how do they ward off the virus?

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Government defends pandemic payment end

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler says government payments for those isolating for COVID were never meant to be a permanent measure.

AAP · Jul 10, 2022