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The July 2026 PBS update brings a number of important changes for oncology clinicians, with several new and expanded cancer medicine listings set to improve access to cancer treatments across breast, lung, blood and biliary tract cancers.

In this episode, Rachael Babin and Professor Craig Underhill discuss the clinical significance of the latest Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme changes, including who is now eligible for treatment, what these listings mean for multidisciplinary care and why comprehensive biomarker testing continues to grow in importance.

In this episode:

• PBS listing for pertuzumab (Perjeta®) in high-risk HER2-positive early breast cancer 
• Listing of alectinib (Alecensa®) for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer 
• Osimertinib (Tagrisso®) listing for EGFR-mutated unresectable Stage III NSCLC following chemoradiation 
• First PBS listing of romidepsin (Romidepsin-Reach®) for relapsed peripheral T-cell lymphoma 
• First PBS listing of futibatinib (Lytgobi®) for FGFR2-altered advanced cholangiocarcinoma 
• What the new broad (multi-cancer) PBS listing principles for PD-(L)1 inhibitors could mean for future cancer drug funding

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