The Australian government says that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee will now hold an additional meeting in 2025 to address the immediate backlog of PBAC submissions from companies seeking to get their drugs subsidized under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
‘The Right Call:’ Australia’s PBAC Addresses ‘Unprecedented’ Backlog With Extra Meeting
The government’s decision for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee to hold an extra meeting in 2025 has been welcomed by Medicines Australia, which says that Australians already wait on average 466 days from the time a medicine is approved to when it is subsidized.
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