Senate Inquiry - first result - review of PBAC guidelines

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The first result of the Senate Inquiry into the availability of new, innovative and specialist cancer drugs in Australia was the announcement by the Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, of a review of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) guidelines. The PBAC recommends to the Australian Government which drugs should be subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

 

To find links to

• the announcement by the Minister for Health, Sussan Ley of the PBAC review, and 
• the PBAC review details

Click here.

 

That page has also links to:

• a YouTube video of Jim's appearance before the Inquiry,
• our submission, 
• other submissions, 
• Jim's opening statement, 
• Answers to Questions on Notice, and
• the Parliamentary Channel broadcast.