HEALTH Minister Greg Hunt has announced the appointment of Jo Watson as the inaugural deputy chairperson of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
Watson is deputy chair of the Consumers Health Forum and has been on the PBAC since 2012.
She is also one of the three members of the panel for the controversial Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation.
Hunt also announced the appointment of two additional members to the PBAC - specialist endocrinologist Dr (Peter) Shane Hamblin and haemotologist Professor Phoebe Joy Ho.
The additions raise the PBAC's membership to its full capacity of 21 members, "enhancing its ability to address the growing number of increasingly complex submissions".
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