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Medicines Australia says wait times bigger issue than US tariffs

2025-08-07 22 Dailymotion

Australia's medicine industry says lengthy wait times for drugs to put on the PBS is a more urgent threat than possible American tariffs. US President Donald Trump is threatening to hit pharmaceuticals with tariffs as high as 250 per cent but the drug industry's peak body is warning people could die while waiting for lifesaving medicines to be listed on the pharmaceutical benefits scheme.