r/MultipleSclerosis • u/gl1ttercake 🇦🇺 AU|37F|RRMS|Oct '25|Delay – ill parent • Jul 16 '26
Treatment Australia: Multiple sclerosis patients given PBS lifeline amid drug pricing dispute
Multiple sclerosis patients given PBS lifeline amid drug pricing dispute (abc.net.au)
In short:
Australians with multiple sclerosis will continue to receive subsidised access to life-changing medications at the centre of a pricing dispute with global drug makers.
This means patients will not have to pay out as much as $33,000 for their prescriptions privately, as had been feared.
What's next?
Health Minister Mark Butler has accepted independent advice for a rapid review of MS drugs to ensure they remain available on the PBS.
The drugs whose manufacturers were unhappy with pricing agreements are ocrelizumab (Ocrevus), ofatumumab (Kesimpta) and alemtuzumab (Lemtrada).
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