Politics
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‘Pharma’s launch playbook is being rewritten’
- Mon Sep 28
A survey of 175 pharma executives confirms that value, not volume, is driving commercial launch strategies – and Australia is already impacted.
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China-US tensions close in on Australia
- Mon Sep 28
As China looks to dominate innovative R&D, Australia must decide where it sits in the New World Order, and what it will pay to make that happen.
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Patients asked back to HTA reform table
- Wed Sep 23
Despite having made endless contributions over the past seven years, the Department is asking patients to return to the table – again.
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The playbook guiding MA’s negotiations
- Fri Sep 18
Medicines Australia’s contracted negotiator outlines how his organisation helped ink a deal in the UK, including tactics and policy signals.
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Global CAR‑T trial for kids coming Downunder
- Mon Sep 14
Funding to join UK CAR‑T Pathfinder Trial and Paediatric Cell Therapy Accelerator, bringing international clinical trials to Australia.
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PBAC harmony? That’s a matter of perspective
- Fri Sep 11
OP-ED: Broad funding of immunotherapies is a story of collaboration says Prof Robyn Ward, but given the time it took, is this really what success looks like?
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How a failed PBS listing changed the game
- Wed Sep 9
Journalist Natasha Robinson reveals the instigation behind her ‘Medicine Wars’ series as former ministerial advisor Jamie Snashall names the government PBS funding blockers.
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RCA calls for survival target and faster access
- Wed Sep 9
Hot off the heels of a significant access win, RCA wants a national cancer survival target to increase the focus on low-survival cancers.
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