MEDIA RELEASE Last year’s roll-out of two new Hepatitis C drugs is being hailed as a shining example of the ability of Australia’s pharmaceutical supply chain to deliver for government and patients. The PBS listing of Sovladi (sofosbuvir) and Harvoni (ledispasvir/sofosbuvir) – life-saving medications that can cure Hepatitis C within the space … [Read more...]
King Review a key feature for Pharmacy Connect 2017
MEDIA RELEASE With the Interim Report of the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Review now released, Pharmacy Connect will host two dedicated sessions to discuss some of the issues raised in the Report and the industry’s responses. Please read the complete media release here: King Review a key feature for Pharmacy Connect 2017 … [Read more...]
Review options “lack rigour” – CSO wholesalers
MEDIA RELEASE Australia’s major pharmacy wholesalers have today expressed disappointment that options put forward in the Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation’s Interim Report are lacking in rigour and ignore the key problems in the supply chain funding model. In its Interim Report, the Review Panel outlined three alternatives for … [Read more...]
CSO wholesalers welcome Federal Government commitment to supply chain sustainability
MEDIA RELEASE - Australia’s full-line pharmaceutical wholesalers have welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to provide further funding to them in this year’s Budget and look forward to working with Minister Hunt in the coming months to secure longer-term stability of the pharmaceutical supply chain. As a consequence of the funding … [Read more...]
Patients will suffer if we don’t get the revenue structure right
OP-ED FOR PHARMA DISPATCH By MARK HOOPER, National Pharmaceutical Services Association (NPSA) Chair. First published 1 May 2017. The analogy of the boiling frog – the one where the paddling amphibian is blissfully ignorant that the water is getting gradually hotter until it’s too late – is unfortunately apt for Australia’s pharmaceutical supply … [Read more...]