Australia Further Delays Cutback In IV Chemo Coverage
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Australia's Health Ministry has decided to extend the Sept. 1 effective date for cutbacks in federal support for intravenous chemotherapy drugs. The delay is the third for the plan to cover only the amount used by a patient for a specific treatment rather than covering the cost of a full vial of the drug. The change was to have taken effect July 1 and then was delayed until Sept. 1, but Minister Nicola Roxon said the effective date would be sometime later, on a date yet to be selected. (Click here for more