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New Liberal leader Sussan Ley served as Australia's Health Minister from late 2014 to mid-2016, overseeing some of the most significant PBS reforms in recent memory.

The Albanese Government's new Administrative Arrangements Order has confirmed the magnitude of the decision to add the National Disability Insurance Scheme to the responsibilities of Health Minister Mark Butler, including changing his department's name.

President Donald Trump's language on pharmaceutical pricing aligns with the emotive and nonsensical Australian response to the fair industry criticism of PBS decision-making.

Health and pharmaceutical stakeholder groups have welcomed the reappointment of Mark Butler to the health portfolio and the addition of the NDIS to his responsibilities.

The positive investor response follows the publication of an order that is viewed as a largely symbolic reaction to Congressional Republicans' decision not to include any new pharmaceutical pricing legislation in the Budget Reconciliation Bill.

A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed the benefits of Lilly's MOUNJARO (tirzepatide) over Novo Nordisk's WEGOVY (semaglutide).

Clinical-stage company Tryptamine Therapeutics (ASX:TYP) has announced the appointment of Herwig Janssen as its non-executive chairman.

A team of Melbourne scientists has been backed by the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund Stem Cell Therapies Mission to support their development of potential new medicines to treat dementia.

An already busy fixed ministerial bandwidth just got much busier, following what should be considered one of the biggest changes to the health portfolio in living memory.

If it's acceptable for the Australian or any government to use its market dominance to secure the lowest possible pharmaceutical prices and boast about it, why shouldn't the US?

On International Nurses Day, the Centre for Community Driven Research's chief nurse, Kate Holliday, has been named one of the top 10 finalists for the Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award.