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The 'Dispatched' Podcast

The 'Dispatched' Podcast

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BioPharmaDispatch - discussing the issues impacting the Australian biopharmaceutical and life sciences sectors with Paul Cross and Felicity McNeill.

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  • The 'Dispatched' Week in Review - 12 September

    The 'Dispatched' Week in Review - 12 September
    Sep 12 2025

    In this week’s episode, the Medical Services Advisory Committee’s rejection of adding Pompe disease to newborn blood spot screening is condemned. The decision is contemptuous, inhumane, and riddled with fabricated justifications based on made-up terms like 'parental hypervigilance'. Families’ lived experience highlights the devastating cost of delayed diagnosis. The committee ignored evidence, misused language, and hid behind flawed economic models while dismissing patients. Health Minister Mark Butler and the Prime Minister can show moral leadership and finally honour their promises of 'never again'.
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    43 mins
  • The 'Dispatched' Week in Review Podcast - 5 September

    The 'Dispatched' Week in Review Podcast - 5 September
    Sep 5 2025
    57 mins
  • The 'Dispatched' Week in Review Podcast - 29 August

    The 'Dispatched' Week in Review Podcast - 29 August
    Aug 29 2025

    Patients should never accept a decision-making framework that requires them to sacrifice themselves for a mythical collective good, which is just the government getting the best deal for itself. More evidence of why we need to know what discussants present to HTA committees, and how they reflect personal opinions and ideologies. Financial results that confirm pharmacy's increasing role as a health destination.
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    50 mins
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