RESPONDING to interest from pharmaceutical companies and cancer patient advocacy groups, the Minister for Health Greg Hunt has requested that the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) consider options for listing of pan-tumour indications for PDL1 cancer immunotherapies on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The PBAC has set aside a Special Meeting on 17 Aug this year to consider this matter, and to enable adequate time to seek input from industry, clinicians and patient groups - email PBAC@health.gov.au to register interest.
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