referring to sbs
Greens call for HIV prevention drug import
Greens call for HIV prevention drug import
The Greens are calling on the government to support personal importation of a drug that aims to prevent transmission of HIV.The Australian Greens want the government to pay for people to import a HIV prevention drug that has failed to receive taxpayer subsidisation.Truvada - a once-daily pill that costs around $750 a month and is aimed at preventing HIV transmission - was rejected for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
in addition theguardian
Health department won't subsidise HIV prevention drug
Health department won't subsidise HIV prevention drug
An HIV prevention drug will not be taxpayer-subsidised after it failed to receive recommendation to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.An application to list Truvada – a once-daily pill that costs about $750 a month and is aimed at preventing HIV transmission – was rejected on Friday by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.The Department Of Health said the price requested by the maker, Gilead Sciences, was far too high and it was not feasible to limit the drug to a smaller, high-risk subset of the whole "at risk" population.
by the same token on sbs
No PBS listing for HIV prevention pill
No PBS listing for HIV prevention pill
Truvada will not be listed on the PBS.(Getty Images)The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has rejected an application to recommend the listing of a HIV prevention drug on the PBS.A HIV prevention drug won't be taxpayer-subsidised after a committee decided not to recommend its listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
No comments:
Post a Comment