Prime Minister – Joint Media Release – Cheaper Medicine for over 500,000 patients – Monday 30 September 2019 OFFICIAL THE HON. SCOTT MORRISON MP PRIME MINISTER THE HON. GREG HUNT MP MINISTER FOR HEALTH MINISTER ASSISTING THE PRIME MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND CABINET MEDIA RELEASE Monday 30 September 2019 Cheaper medicine for over 500,000 patients Cheaper medicine is on the way for more than 500,000 patients from October 1, with price reductions for common scripts and new medicines added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), in some cases saving over $100,000 per patient. Medicines to treat lung cancer, lymphoblastic and acute leukaemia, and nausea associated with chemotherapy will now be available to patients on the PBS from tomorrow for just $40.30 per script, or $6.50 with a concession card. A further $390 million in mandated price reductions across 175 medicine brands will also flow through ...