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Posted 22 November 2021 AM
In a win for Australians with the rare and potentially deadly condition, hereditary angioedema, Health Minister Greg Hunt has awarded Takeda's Takhzyro a PBS berth from December 1.
It's been a long haul for Takhzyro which first went before PBAC in July 2019. It was not recommended at that meeting and a second submission a year later in July 2020 was deferred. In a case of third time lucky, the therapy was finally ticked after PBAC's July meeting this year.
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