Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee appointments
Five new members have been appointed to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), and its Chair, Professor Lloyd Sansom, has been re-appointed for another four years.
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18 March 2005
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Five new members have been appointed to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), and its Chair, Professor Lloyd Sansom, has been re-appointed for another four years.
Professor Sansom has made an important contribution through his leadership of the PBAC and has raised public awareness of the issues concerning the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
The new members of the PBAC are:
Rosalie Viney - Health Economist
Jennifer Martin - Clinical Pharmacologist
Mr Barry Maley - Honorary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney
Geoff McColl - Rheumatologist
Mark Yates - Geriatrician.
The new appointees will replace members whose terms expired and who did not seek reappointment, and new vacancies due to an increase of the PBAC from 12 to 15 members.
The expanded committee will broaden the expertise of the committee and help it to consider increasingly complex applications for the listing of PBS drugs.
The key role of the PBAC is to recommend which medicines should be subsidised under the PBS. The committee’s advice to government is essential because of its evidence-based assessment of health benefits and costs associated with new drugs.
The Australian Government invests more than $5.6 billion dollars annually in the PBS, which provides subsidised access to medicines for all Australians.
For more information call Mr Abbott's office on ph 02 6277 7220.
List of members attached
PBAC Membership
Professor Lloyd Sansom (chair) is the former Head of School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences at the University of South Australia. Qualifications include PhC, BSc, PhD (Adelaide). He has been Chair of the PBAC for the past four years.Mr Neil Anderson is a community pharmacist from Queensland and an ongoing PBAC member.
Professor Terry Campbell is Professor of Medicine at University of New South Wales and Head of the Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, and an ongoing PBAC member. Qualifications include BSc, BM MS Hons, PhD (Oxford), MD.
Mr Barry Maley, is Honorary Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney and was Director of the Centre’s now concluded “Taking Children Seriously” program. He is a new appointment to the PBAC. Qualifications include MA(Hons).
Associate Professor Andrea Mant is Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales and the Area Adviser, Quality Use of Medicines, South East Health. Qualifications include MB BS, MD, MA, FRACGP. Professor Mant is an ongoing member of the PBAC and the PBAC Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee.
Dr Jennifer Martin is a clinical pharmacologist and a consultant physician at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, and Lecturer at the Department of Medicine, Monash University. She is a new appointment to the PBAC. Qualifications include MB BS, MA (Oxon), FRACP.
Associate Professor Geoff McColl is a rheumatologist and Clinical Dean at the Royal Melbourne Hospital/Western Hospital Clinical School and Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne Department of Medicine. He is a new appointment to the PBAC. Qualifications include B.Med.Sci, MBBS, PhD, FRACP.
Mr Mitchell Messer is the Executive Director of Cystic Fibrosis Association of WA. Mr Messer is the consumer representative on the PBAC. He is also the Chair of the Consumers' Health Forum of Australia Inc. He is an ongoing PBAC member.
Professor Alasdair Millar is a physician and clinical pharmacologist at Royal Perth Hospital and Clinical Professor in Pharmacology and Medicine at University of Western Australia. Qualifications include BSc Chem Hons, PhD (UK), MBChB (UK). Professor Millar is an ongoing member of the PBAC and the PBAC Drug Utilisation Sub-Committee.
Dr Stephen Phillips is a general practitioner in Maroochydore, QLD. Qualifications include MB BS (Qld), FAMA. He is an ongoing PBAC member.
Ms Rosalie Viney is a health economist at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney. She is a member of the PBAC Economics Sub-Committee. She is a new appointment to the PBAC. Qualifications include MEc.
Professor Robyn Ward is a senior staff specialist in medical oncology at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney and Professor at the Schools of Medicine and Pathology at the University of New South Wales. Qualifications include MB BS, FRACP, PhD. She is an ongoing PBAC member.
Professor David Wilkinson is Deputy Head/Head Designate and Professor Primary Care, School of Medicine, University of Queensland. Qualifications include BSc Hons, MBChB (UK), MSc Epidemiology, MD (Sth Africa). Professor Wilkinson is an ongoing PBAC member.
Professor Andrew Wilson is the Deputy Director and Professor in Public Health, School of Population Health, University of Queensland. Professor Wilson is the current Chair of the Economics Sub-Committee of the PBAC. He is an ongoing member of PBAC. Qualifications include BMedSc, MB SC (Hons), FRACP, MSc (Clinical).
Dr Mark Yates is a geriatrician and Clinical Director Aged Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ballarat Health Services. He is a new appointment to the PBAC. Qualifications include MBBS, FRACP.
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