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PPIs targeted with new prescribing restrictions

14th May 2019

Subsidised scripts for higher-strength PPIs will require streamlined authority approval from this month. The restrictions…

2nd May 2019

The number of prescriptions patients need to meet the PBS safety net will be reduced, no matter who wins the federal…

11th April 2019

A pharmacy will lose its PBS status, at least temporarily, following the latest ruling in a court battle. The TerryWhite…

1st April 2019

A new treatment has been listed on the PBS for people with hepatitis C who have failed on other therapies. Vosevi (Gilead…

5th June 2019

Promoted This content has been produced by Gilead Around 200,000 Australians are still living with chronic…

28th March 2019

A Federal Government plan to increase prescription quantities for 140 molecules would be catastrophic for community…

12th March 2019

There has been no spike in GP scripts for opioid analgesics since over-the-counter codeine was banned from pharmacy shelves…

21st February 2019

Community pharmacy revenue has increased over the past five years thanks to a focus on professional services, but the growth…