Improved Asthma Inhaler Added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Improved Asthma Inhaler Added to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova uses an inhaler during a break in her match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic during their women's singles first round match on day two of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 16, 2018. SAEED KHAN/Getty Images
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By AAP
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Australian asthma suffers will now be able to avoid running out of Ventolin when they most desperately need it, with a new inhaler added to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme.

Ventolin inhalers with dose counters will be rolled out over the rest of the year, and will be standard by 2021.