Millions more patients can receive COVID-19 antivirals from today
The PBAC has agreed to a Federal Government request to expand eligibility
GPs can now prescribe COVID-19 antivirals on the PBS to any patient aged 70 or older with a positive test regardless of whether they have risk factors or symptoms.
The Federal Government expanded PBS access to nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) and molnupiravir (Lagevrio) to “millions more” Australians on Monday in a bid to prevent hospitalisations amid a new wave of COVID-19 cases.
