New Frankston Home for Healthy Ageing Research

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   1 March 2022   Research into issues affecting older Australians has taken another step forward with the new national academic centre at Frankston Hospital – which will house the National Centre for Healthy Ageing – opening its doors today.  …

New PBS Listings from 1 March 2022

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   1 March 2022   Australians will have access to four new medicines through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from March 1 to help fight COVID-19, chronic graft versus host disease, leukaemia and a rare blood disease called paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria…

New Treatment for Australians with Rare Blood Disease

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   28 February 2022   Australians with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH)—a condition that produces defective blood cells—will have access to a new treatment through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).   PNH is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition in which red blood…

Landmark PBS Listing for Australians with Leukaemia

The Hon. Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care   MEDIA RELEASE   25 February 2022   From 1 March 2022, Australians with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) will have access to a new treatment option through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).   AML is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow in…