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Posted 1 December 2025 PM
Pressure is growing on the Federal Government to implement a bridging fund to allow earlier access to life-saving medicines while the cost-effectiveness details are still being ironed out.
Over the weekend The Australian newspaper ran an article suggesting the Albanese government "could set up a new fund to provide high-value drug treatments awaiting PBS subsidy as early as the next budget".

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