House debates Questions without Notice

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Wednesday, 24 October 2018 House of Representatives

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health

2:58 pm

Let me make this absolutely clear. I did a little bit more research on their claims yesterday. I saw the list that the member for Ballarat put out—I think it was in August—of eight medicines that she claimed had been deferred. None of them had been deferred by government policy. And, do you know what? I looked at two things. I looked at major new listings that we've done recently and then I looked at what they did. These are the major new listings that we've done recently: breast cancer, Kisqali; SMA, Spinraza; cystic fibrosis, Kalydeco; cystic fibrosis, Orkambi—all done within 3½ months.

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