Pharmaceutical prices: Why innovative drugs like Mounjaro are so expensive for Australians

The market for pharmaceutical products in Australia is all topsy-turvy, and it’s part red-tape nightmare, part geopolitical standoff.

$600 a month to lose weight. Migraine drugs that are nigh impossible to get at any price. The market for pharmaceutical products in Australia is all topsy-turvy, and it’s part red-tape nightmare, part geopolitical standoff. Our health editor Natasha Robinson has been investigating what’s going wrong, and she’s here in just a moment to diagnose the real problem.

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Mounjaro rejection explains why our access to cheaper medicines if failing

Australian patients risk losing lifesaving medicines amid pharmaceutical subsidy crisis

Australia’s drug approval system faces reckoning as patients await reform

New-gen medicines are available for migraine and arthritis – but only if you fail the old drugs

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Joshua Burton.

$600 a month to lose weight. Migraine drugs that are nigh impossible to get at any price. The market for pharmaceutical products in Australia is all topsy-turvy, and it&rsquo;s part red-tape nightmare, part geopolitical standoff. Our health editor Natasha Robinson has been investigating what&rsquo;s going wrong, and she&rsquo;s here in just a moment to diagnose the real problem.
Read more about this story at <a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medical/mounjaro-rejection-explains-why-our-access-to-cheaper-medicines-if-failing/news-story/4dfa49eaed31169be19df03047b6a504">Mounjaro rejection explains why our access to cheaper medicines if failing</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medical/australian-patients-risk-losing-lifesaving-medicines-amid-pharmaceutical-subsidy-crisis/news-story/9fb9250d21bdf486789e6eb8a9b23681">Australian patients risk losing lifesaving medicines amid pharmaceutical subsidy crisis</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/australias-drug-approval-system-faces-reckoning-but-government-stalls-on-reforms/news-story/b958fc3a3e756b207342f4497a1ee087">Australia&rsquo;s drug approval system faces reckoning as patients await reform</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/health/medical/newgen-medicines-are-available-for-migraine-and-arthritis-but-only-if-you-fail-the-old-drugs/news-story/714700eb4281256eb01906a59483d471">New-gen medicines are available for migraine and arthritis &ndash; but only if you fail the old drugs</a>
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Jasper Leak, who also composed our music. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Joshua Burton.

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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms. 

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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

The Front

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

To find out more about The Front you can link here and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link here or search for The Australian in your app store.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter and behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.
To find out more about The Front you can link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/the-front/podcast/7e7d42e8c77b597cf8532d2e0c847e10">here</a> and for more from the newsroom at The Australian link <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/">here</a> or search for The Australian in your app store.

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