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Around 80 per cent of medical information provided by doctors is forgotten straight away! Can you believe that? When you’re newly diagnosed with MS, it’s a difficult time and there is so much to learn and understand about your diagnosis, treatment options and the impact MS will have on your...
Deletion of Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate) 20 mg/mL dose from PBS from 1 July 2019.
The 20 mg/mL dose of MS treatment Copaxone® (glatiramer acetate) will be deleted from listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 July 2019.
The request for this deletion was made by the sponsor, Teva Pharma Australia Pty Ltd. Teva have stated that, “since the launch of...
Sex life and MS animation launches globally
Contributing to the health and wellbeing of people with MS is a key part of our role and we are keen to provide practical resources that can assist.
The newly launched ‘Sex Life and MS’ animation looks at some of the ways that MS can affect intimacy and sexuality and...
MAVENCLAD® (cladribine tablets) for RRMS Australian Government approves PBS listing
As widely reported in the media, the Prime Minister, the Hon Scott Morrison MP, today announced approval for the listing of MAVENCLAD® (cladribine tablets) for relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 January 2019.
Previously, MAVENCLAD® was...
A Christmas Message from Deidre Mackechnie, Chief Executive Officer, MS Australia
As we enter the festive season, I offer my warmest wishes to all Australians living with MS and to the supportive families and friends on the journey with you.
I also report on what has been in 2018 and what must be in 2019.
In 2018 we achieved a lot and yet not enough. It is our...
Multiple Sclerosis Australia – New President and Vice President Elected
Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MSA), Australia’s peak body representing the interests of people living...
MSIF World Conference 2018 Report
Advocacy, alliances, awareness, collaborations and other essentials
A vital part of the MS Australia role is to advocate, raise awareness and lobby for key and topical issues that impact people living with MS.
At a national level, we lobby to make...
Royal Commission into Aged Care: A good start, but more needed!
MS Australia stands with Disability People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) in welcoming yesterday’s announcement by the Federal Government of a Royal Commission into Aged Care and the inclusion of young people with disability who live in nursing homes.
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MS Australia congratulates Scott Morrison, incoming Prime Minister of Australia
MS Australia extends congratulations to the Hon Scott Morrison MP, the next Prime Minister of Australia.
We note he has spoken candidly many times about his family connection with multiple sclerosis (MS). His empathy for people living with the condition and the challenges they face...
My Health Record: a general practitioner’s view of the benefits to people with MS.
By Dr Annette Carruthers, General Practitioner and President, MS Australia Board of Directors.
In 2018, every Australian will get a My Health Record unless they opt out. If you don’t want a My Health...
MAVENCLAD® (cladribine tablets) for RRMS
PBAC recommends PBS listing subject to Federal Health Minister’s approval
MS Australia reports today that MAVENCLAD® (cladribine tablets) has been recommended for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for relapsing remitting MS (RRMS), by the...
It's time to brush up on MS & Dental Health
This week is Dental Health Week, and the theme for 2018 is “Watch your mouth: Not just your teeth, not just your gums, your whole mouth.”
Everyone’s dental health is important, yet for one reason or another sometimes we let it slide. For people with MS, there can...