MEDICINES Australia (MA) has appointed Dr Anna Lavelle as its Independent Chair.
Lavelle, who is a former ceo of life science industry body AusBiotech, joined the MA Board in Jan last year as the organisation's first independent director.
She replaces Wes Cook who has been MA chair since 2015.
THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia has formally expressed its concerns regarding the potential merger between Sigma and Chemist Warehouse (PD 07 Dec 2023) to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
FROM 01 May, pharmacists will be able to dispense Verzenio (abemaciclib) through the PBS to treat Australian patients with an invasive form of early breast cancer that is at high risk of recurring after initial treatment.
BREAST Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) has welcomed a PBAC recommendation to subsidise the breast cancer drug Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for HER2-low metastatic breast cancer on the PBS.
