‘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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Australians wait longer to access drugs than people in comparable countries. (Shutterstock)

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