PrEP to be publicly subsidised on the PBS in Australia
“There are three new HIV diagnoses each day in Australia and we expect the government will now move quickly to list PrEP on the PBS”
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The capacity of GPs to prescribe PrEP may be an issue after it’s publicly subsidised in Australia
A decision on whether to subsidise the game-changing HIV prevention drug will be made tomorrow.
Western Australia introduces PrEP trial
The trial will grant 2,000 people access to the HIV prevention pill.
One thousand more Queenslanders set to benefit from PrEP trial
The extra places mean that up to 3,000 Queenslanders will now have access to the HIV prevention drug.
Western Australia announces $1.3 million PrEP trial
The trial will commence later this year and grant 2,000 people access to the HIV-prevention pill.
Victorian AIDS Council announces $100,000 in funding for PrEP trial
“The federal government has committed to ending HIV by 2020, and it can’t meet that commitment without PrEP”
Norway becomes first country to offer free PrEP
Not only will PrEP be available in Norway, it will be free for those at risk of acquiring HIV
PrEP trial launched in Victoria
More than 1,300 same-sex attracted men have now signed up to the Victorian study.
Truvada denied entry to the PBS
THE Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has rejected submissions to add Truvada to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Hepatitis C to be ‘eradicated by 2026’
The announcement comes on the seventh World Hepatitis Day.