Senate debates Bills
National Health Amendment (Cheaper Medicines) Bill 2025; In Committee
Jenny McAllister NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
12:15 pm
I can inform you that we are aware that, as new medicines are added to the PBS, some of them relate to advanced therapies. They respond to very significant improvements in technology which are delivering better outcomes for patients, and some of the costs associated with the PBS will inevitably be associated with the listing of some of those advanced therapies.
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