A recent US-UK deal that mandates a huge increase in medical expenses has sparked calls for Australia not to follow suit.

On average it takes 466 days from when a new medicine is declared safe and effective by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to when it is made available – and affordable – on the ...

Talks of a trade dispute between the United States and Australia over the cost of medicines have no doubt left many Australians scratching their heads. With all this talk of attacks on the ...

SYDNEY - Australia on Saturday will become one of the first countries to recognize psychedelic drugs as medicines. In February, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Australia’s medical regulator, ...

Australians are waiting two years longer to access new lifesaving subsidised medicines because of pharma giants. This is the shocking reason Aussie patients are prevented from having them.

Medicines Australia, which negotiates on behalf of drug companies, had a key role negotiating with the government’s independent drug subsidy assessor after an unprecedented announcement it would limit ...

The building at ANSTO’s Lucas Heights centre in Sydney’s south means Australia will be able to manufacture nuclear medicine to help treat thousands of patients for diseases including cancer and ...

A White House official said the general structure of the deal – under which other countries pay more for medicines or face ...

UPDATE July 10, 2023: Psychiatrists are now able to apply to become authorised prescribers of MDMA and psilocybin (aka magic mushrooms) to be used as part of therapy in controlled clinical ...

Canberra: The Australian government on Wednesday announced a plan to slash the price of medicines in response to the rising cost of living. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Health Minister Mark ...

About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. Of these, about 30 are categorised as critical. These are ones with a life-threatening or serious impact on patients, and with no readily ...