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hepatitis Australia

The following articles have the tag hepatitis Australia

Long wait for non-PBS listed meds

PEOPLE in need of expensive medicines not listed on the PBS could be waiting years for financial relief after the federal government continued its stop-gap approval system for new products, stakeholders have warned.

Wait for non-PBS listed meds could take years

PEOPLE in need of expensive medicines not listed on the PBS could be waiting years for financial relief after the federal government continued its stop-gap approval system for new products, stakeholders have warned.

Hepatitis fails to find Australian ambassador

NO HIGH profile Australians have been willing to become the face of hepatitis by acting as a national ambassador for World Hepatitis Day. Hepatitis Australia CEO Helen Tyrrell said there were many high profile and senior people in government, business and academia with the disease but nobody wanted to be associated with it in a public sense. “The fact that no-one stepped forward [as ambassador] said it all,” she said. “Hepatitis is everywhere. It can affect anyone, anywhere. People with hepatitis come from all walks of life. It is virtually ...