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May 2013

Call for Submissions: Stage 3 of the Post-Market Review of Products Used in the Management Diabetes - 22 May 2013

PBS Website Update – 1 May 2013

April 2013

PBAC Recommendations from Alzheimers Post-Market Review - 23 April 2013

Reminder - Deadline for Submissions to the August 2013 PBPA meeting - 5 April 2013

March 2013

Post-Market Review of Products Used for Diabetes Management - 12 March 2013

February 2013

Subsidy for groundbreaking virus treatments - 19 February 2013

Australian Statistics on Medicines 2010 - 13 February 2013

Post-Market Review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Medicines to Treat Asthma in Children - 12 February 2013

PBS Website Update – 1 February 2013

January 2013

Agenda for the March 2013 PBAC meeting - 30 January 2013

An alternate brand of Morphine sulfate 10 mg/mL injection is now available on the PBS - 25 January 2013

PBS Website Update - 1 January 2013

December 2012

Post-Market Review of Products Used for Diabetes Management - 20 December 2012

Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation: Release of Final Report - 18 December 2012

Notes for December 2012 Court Case Errata – docetaxel and risedronate - 12 December 2012

Post-Market Review of Products Used for Diabetes Management - 4 December 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 December 2012

Changes to the December PBS Schedule - 1 December 2012

November 2012

Early release of the December 2012 PBS Schedule - 28 November 2012

2013 PBS Calendar is now available - 21 November 2012

Growth Hormone News Update - Saizen® Solution - 7 November 2012

Report to the PBAC - Review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme anti-dementia drugs to treat Alzheimers Disease - 2 November 2012

The PBS Schedule is not changing in November - bigger changes are on the way for December 2012 - 1 November 2012

October 2012

Price changes for the PBS - 24 October 2012

IMPORTANT NEW MEDICINES LISTED ON THE PBS - 24 October 2012

Post-Market Review of Products Used for Diabetes Management - 16 October 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 October 2012

September 2012

Independent Review of the Impact of PBS Cost Recovery -19 September 2012

Report to Parliament – Pharmaceutical Industry Discussion Group (PIDG) - 13 September 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 September 2012

August 2012

2012 Changes to PBS Pricing Arrangements – National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 4) – 24 August 2012

Submissions to the Review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Listed Anti-dementia Drugs to Treat Alzheimers Disease - 24 August 2012

Growth Hormone News Update - Short Dated Stock - 7 August 2012

Increased prices to consumers for 85 brands of Medicine from 1 August 2012 - 5 August 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 August 2012

July 2012

Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation: Update - 23 July 2012

Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation: Reminder - 9 July 2012

1 November 2012 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Schedule - 2 July 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 July 2012

Streamlined Authority Data Capture for all PBS Authority Required (STREAMLINED) drugs - 1 July 2012

June 2012

Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation: Issues and Options Paper and Stakeholder Forum - 29 June 2012

PBS Calendar - 29 June 2012

New PB11a form - 28 June 2012

Cost recovery – annual indexation of fees - 22 June 2012

2012 Changes to PBS Pricing Arrangements - 1 June 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 June 2012

May 2012

Review of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme anti-dementia drugs to treat Alzheimers Disease - 28 May 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 May 2012

April 2012

Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation - 4 April 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 April 2012

March 2012

Revised Arrangements for the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy Drugs - Full implementation from 1 April 2012 - 29 March 2012

Amendment to the pricing of RPBS items: DRESSING—FOAM with SILICONE—HEAVY EXUDATE - 22 March 2012

Report to Parliament: Pharmaceutical Industry Discussion Group (PIDG) - 13 March 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 March 2012

Changes to brand premiums for 1 April 2012 - Price disclosure reductions for Main, First Transitional and Second Transitional Cycles - 1 March 2012

Information on the availability of pain-killers containing dextropropoxyphene - 1 March 2012

February 2012

Extension to deadline for submissions to Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation - 21 February 2012

Price increases for 1 April 2012 - 21 February 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 February 2012

January 2012

Agenda for the March 2012 PBAC meeting - 25 January 2012

PBS Website Update - 1 January 2012

2011

December 2011

Call for Submissions: Review of Anticoagulation Therapies in Atrial Fibrillation - 22 December 2011

Summary of 1 April 2012 Price Reductions for Main, First Transitional and Second Transitional Cycles - 19 December 2011

Update on information regarding Price Disclosure Determinations for 1 April 2012 price reductions - 14 December 2011

Amendment to the Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy Schedule effective 1 December 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 December 2011

November 2011

Revised Arrangements for Chemotherapy Drugs & Streamlined Authority Data Capture from 1 December 2011 - 11 November 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 November 2011

October 2011

Important New Medicines Approved for Listing on the PBS - 6 October 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 October 2011

September 2011

Changes to PBS listing deadlines - 30 September 2011

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Deferrals Statement of principles of commitment between stakeholders - 30 September 2011

Changes to the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits publication dates - 29 September 2011

Agenda for the November 2011 PBAC meeting - 21 September 2011

Independent Review of the Impact of PBS Cost Recovery - 13 September 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 September 2011

August 2011

Access to Medicines Working Group, May 2011 Meeting - 31 August 2011

Recommendations made by the PBAC (July 2011) - 19 August 2011

Access to Medicines Working Group, December 2010 Meeting - 18 August 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 August 2011

July 2011

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Collection of Under Copayment Data - 21 July 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 July 2011

June 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 June 2011

May 2011

Access to Medicines Working Group, August 2010 Meeting - 20 May 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 May 2011

April 2011

Medicine Brand Choices Campaign - 15 April 2011

PCEHR Concept of Operations Consultation - 14 April 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 April 2011

March 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 March 2011

February 2011

Fact Sheets for Industry - 18 February 2011

Fact Sheet for Be medicinewise is now available - 18 February 2011

Amendment to the pricing of FLUDARABINE PHOSPHATE and EZETIMIBE with SIMVASTATIN - 2 February 2011

Extension of the listing of nicotine patches - 2 February 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 February 2011

January 2011

Agenda for the March 2011 PBAC meeting - 27 January 2011

Addendum to PBS Schedule - 20 January 2011

Water-related infections – advice for Prescribers - 20 January 2011

PBS Website Update - 1 January 2011

2011 PBS copayment and Safety Net amounts - 1 January 2011

Unavailability of Salofalk® 1g moulded suppository - 1 January 2011

 

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