Albanese says PBS ‘not up for negotiation’ after US pharma complains to Trump about scheme

Labor and Coalition shoot back at criticism, with the PM saying subsidies on medicine isn't about delivering for big pharma'

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Australia's successful scheme for heavily subsidising the price of vital medicines is not up for negotiation" as part of new American tariff threats, Anthony Albanese says, after US pharmaceutical companies complained to Donald Trump about how it damaged their profits.

Labor and the Coalition have both shot back at criticism of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from America's pharmaceutical industry, after the government announced - and the opposition quickly matched - plans to publicly subsidise medicines even further.

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