Pharmaceuticals

general scripts
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Maximum cost of general scripts under PBS bound to fall
Ritchelle Drilon Sep 8, 2022

For the first time in its 75-year history, the maximum cost of general scripts under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will fall. Under a Bill

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antiviral
Aged Care, COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Millions of Australians to gain access to antiviral COVID treatments
Nina Alvarez Jul 12, 2022

All Australians aged over 70 who test positive to COVID will be able to access antiviral medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Access will

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antivirals
COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
Access to antivirals key to tackling next COVID-19 wave
Nina Alvarez Jul 7, 2022

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) National President Dr Fei Sim is calling on governments to do more to protect the community and prepare for

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Naloxone
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Naloxone program will save lives, pharmacists welcome rollout
Nina Alvarez Jun 30, 2022

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) welcomes the national rollout of the Take Home Naloxone (THN) program, which allows pharmacists to provide free naloxone from

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The Pill
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Studies show ‘The Pill’ can greatly affect moods
Nina Alvarez Jun 2, 2022

Finding the right type of contraception is important. Oral contraception – also known as The Pill – is the most popular and widely used method.

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MedicineWise
Healthcare, Healthcare News
NPS MedicineWise welcomes Labor commitment to review quality use of medicines decision
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

NPS MedicineWise welcomes the commitment from Labor to review a decision announced in the budget that affects the way quality use of medicines (QUM) is

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NPS MedicineWise
Healthcare, Healthcare News
NPS MedicineWise calls for review of medicines funding decision
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

NPS MedicineWise is calling for a review of the decision, announced in the Federal Budget, to change the way Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) initiatives

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medicine
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
New survey looks at less known effects of medicines
Nina Alvarez May 6, 2022

A new survey released today asked people what they know about the side effects of medicine. Falls, confusion, trouble remembering and concentrating. Also dry mouth,

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psychedelics
Medical Science and Technology, Mental Health
Clinical trial to start tests on psychedelics for depression
Nina Alvarez Apr 28, 2022

Dr Vince Polito, a clinical psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at Macquarie University’s School of Psychological Sciences, is leading a clinical trial to test the

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Paxlovid
COVID-19, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Britain widens access to Paxlovid, a Pfizer COVID drug
Nina Alvarez Apr 13, 2022

Britain will now expand access to Pfizer’s oral antiviral COVID-19 treatment to thousands more people by adding it to a trial to assess how best

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blood
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
New treatment for Australians with rare blood disease
Nina Alvarez Mar 1, 2022

Australians with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH)—a condition that produces defective blood cells—will have access to a new treatment through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). PNH

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