Eli Lilly CEO still wants deal to bring Mounjaro to Australia under PBS
Eli Lilly pharmaceuticals CEO David Ricks says he still wants to reach an agreement with the Australian government…
PBS dispute could see MS patients pay thousands for crucial drugs Ocrevus and Kesimpta
A dispute over how Australia prices medicines has sparked fears 10,000 people with multiple sclerosis will be forced…
More than 3 million Australians over 65 to pay more for private health
More than 3 million Australians aged over 65 will have to pay hundreds of dollars more for their…
Huge win for 2.7 million Aussies
An early mental health support service is now free for Australians to access through a new federal government…
50 per cent of Australians avoid health care they need due to cost, according to Consumers Health Forum report
Sandwiched between the unrelenting pressures of caring for three young children and an aging and sick mother, Ella…
National medicines database promised after telehealth ‘doctor-shopping’ leads to overdose
Reminders of Alison Collins’s late daughter Erin fill the Melbourne home they once shared. From the family’s loyal…
Weight loss drug Wegovy to be subsidised for Australians with severe obesity
An Ozempic-like medication is set to be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme shortly, saving patients with “severe”…
Weight loss drug Wegovy to be listed on PBS
Wegovy will be heavily subsidised for Australians with severe obesity, who have also experienced a cardiovascular event, like…
Anthony Albanese writes to states, telling them to rein in public hospital spending
The states and territories are on a collision course with the Commonwealth over public hospital funding, with health…
National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds
A landmark mental health agreement signed by federal, state and territory governments three years ago is failing, a…