House debates

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Questions without Notice

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

3:07 pm

Photo of Greg HuntGreg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw. Our commitment is to list every medicine that the PBAC recommends, that the medical experts recommend, and that's what we're doing.

I note something very interesting. In terms of the lung cancer medicine to which Labor refers, Labor opposed it. They attacked the listing of this medicine, Giotrif—they criticised it; they derided it. And yet we listed it. We went ahead and listed it because it was the right thing to do. That is the difference between us: even when they seek to criticise, they cannot do it properly.

So let me give you some examples of what we have done. In relation to Keytruda, we've extended; in relation to Opdivo, we've extended. And we have more coming in relation to the immunotherapies. Furthermore, let me look at Spinraza, which the Prime Minister helped bring forward. So we are listing medicines at a faster rate, at a—

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