Uncertain times and future hopes - rounding up 2008
This year began with a new government, continued with PBS reform, ended with an economic crisis and saw more than a few company restructures along the way. We sum up 2008 and look forward to 2009

Why won't Mr Rudd trust the PBAC?
This week we again report on the extended delays to PBS listings of cancer drugs arising from the Cabinet approval process. The issue is an important one for many reasons but at bottom, while Finance Department bureaucrats comb through submissions already passed by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, patients die