It is the anniversary of the report of the parliamentary inquiry into approval processes for new medicines and medical technologies and still no government response, but we do have the outcome of the review of the base-case discount rate. They both say so much about the current state of policy-making in Australia. We also answer audience questions on top-down patient consultation and whether everyone should be watching what's happening with the medical device sector.

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