Australia Health Minister Expands PBS Medicine Listing

Australia Health Minister Expands PBS Medicine Listing
Minister for Health Greg Hunt addresses a press conference in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House on April 8, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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Australians with liver cancer, myopia and Parkinson’s disease will have new treatment options under amended Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listings brought in under Tuesday’s budget.

Health Minister Greg Hunt on Oct. 4 announced new funding for medicines including over $230 (US$164) million to expand the listings for drugs to treat advanced unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer.

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