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Fantastic news announced tonight in the budget
From Kirsten Pilatti CEO BCNADear members, I am so thrilled to be able to let you know that all our great lobbying has tonight taken a significant step forward to helping women living with metastatic breast cancer. Tonight the Government announced the funding of ribociclib for women newly diagnosed with metastatic breast…
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More about the budget
With the focus on the big win for ribociclib, we missed some of the other wins in the budget including funding for 3d mammography which has been discussed quite a bit in the network recently.Here is a link to a BCNA piece on the bits of the budget that might be of interest to you
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CDK Inhibitors approved by PBAC 20 April 2018
CDK Inhibitors approved by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) but cost is still an issue. See the link below for further information https://www.bcna.org.au/news/2018/04/cdk-inhibitors-approved-by-pbac-but-costs-still-an-issue/
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New to sharing
Hi all, first timer here I was first diagnosed May 2013, 6 rounds of chemo, 30 radiation treatments, then Tamoxifen til 31st Oct 2017 when my world fell apart, bone , lung, and a few other places mets, nail inserted on 24th Nov, lucky to get a place on the ribociclib compassionate access program, combined with letrizole…
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Thank you!
Just wanted to say a big thank you to all of you who sent letters to your ministers regarding CDK inhibitors and to those who encouraged others to write either by sharing our social media posts or posting your letters and responses on the network. Your efforts really did make a difference and we have finally seen an…
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CDK Inhibitors approved by PBAC but cost is still an issue 20 April 2018
CDK Inhibitors approved by Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) but cost is still an issue See the link below for further information https://www.bcna.org.au/news/2018/04/cdk-inhibitors-approved-by-pbac-but-costs-still-an-issue/
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Join our campaign to have ribociclib and palbociclib subsidised in Australia
BCNA is calling on its members and their supporters to write to their local federal Member of Parliament and state or territory Senators to urge them to support the listing of ribociclib and palbociclib on the PBS. Information regarding the campaign including letter templates and a list of federal members and senators can…
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Ribociclib now available in Australia
I saw yesterday that Ribociclib is now available in Australia: https://www.9news.com.au/national/2017/11/02/18/13/breast-cancer-drug-ribociclib-australia This is a drug that is similar to palbociclib. Although it's not on the PBS either, I wonder whether the fact that there are now 2 options available from different…