Every week, 38 Australians are diagnosed with myeloma, an incurable blood cancer that develops in the bone marrow. Despite this, many people have never heard of myeloma until they, or a loved one, are...
Dec
2020
27
Myeloma Australia welcomes today’s announcement by the Federal Government that the medicine Darzalex® (also known as daratumumab) will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for Aust...
May
2020
23
At the upcoming Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) meeting in July, there will be two submissions made relating to drugs that are used to treat myeloma, namely daratumumab and carfilzom...
Apr
2020
02
Lenalidomide (Revlimid®) maintenance post autologous stem cell transplant We are delighted to announce that as of 1 April 2020 the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS) have listed lenalidomide (Revlim...
Mar
2020
13
Our Information and Support Groups are informal gatherings for people living with myeloma, their family and friends. These meetings provide a safe space to meet other members of the myeloma community ...
Dec
2019
20
Earlier this month, a team from Myeloma Australia visited Orlando, Florida in the USA for the annual American Society of Hematology (ASH) conference as invited guests of the International Myeloma Foun...
Sep
2019
19
A couple of weeks ago we sent out a special advocacy edition of the Muster to inform you of the latest submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) for the upcoming November PB...
Sep
2019
13
Cytogenetics is the study of chromosomes within a cell. Most commonly done at diagnosis, cytogenetic testing identifies the genetic mutations which characterise a person’s myeloma. This information he...