Can you access the treatment you have been told about?

Plain English answers about which treatments Australians can actually access for their condition, how to access them, and what is coming next. Built from public government data. Updated nightly, except PBS listing data, which is updated monthly because the PBS publishes a new Schedule once a month. What we show is never influenced by who funds us. Read our editorial policy.

Check access in Australia

What PBS listing means, how the Special Access Scheme works, and what a shortage report does and does not mean.

How access works ›

Find a trial near you

Every trial we track that is recruiting with an Australian site, grouped by condition, in plain English.

Browse Australian trials ›

See what is coming

How a treatment travels from research to your pharmacy, and how far off the next ones really are.

Understand the pathway ›
1,727
Medicines tracked
230,754
Trials tracked
838
Trials recruiting at Australian sites
103
Conditions covered

Deeper coverage for these conditions

We track access, trials, and what is coming in detail for these conditions. Get one plain English email a month on what changed. No subscription required.

Crohn's Disease and Colitis

33 trials recruiting at Australian sites

Free monthly update on Crohn's Disease and Colitis

We store your email address and the condition you choose, and nothing else. Because a condition you follow can reflect a health condition you or someone you care for is dealing with, we treat it with particular care: it is never sold or shared with advertisers. See our privacy policy. Unsubscribe anytime.

Motor Neurone Disease

6 trials recruiting at Australian sites

Free monthly update on Motor Neurone Disease

We store your email address and the condition you choose, and nothing else. Because a condition you follow can reflect a health condition you or someone you care for is dealing with, we treat it with particular care: it is never sold or shared with advertisers. See our privacy policy. Unsubscribe anytime.

Multiple Sclerosis

13 trials recruiting at Australian sites

Free monthly update on Multiple Sclerosis

We store your email address and the condition you choose, and nothing else. Because a condition you follow can reflect a health condition you or someone you care for is dealing with, we treat it with particular care: it is never sold or shared with advertisers. See our privacy policy. Unsubscribe anytime.

The pathway, explained

How treatments reach Australian patients

By the time a new treatment reaches your GP, it has been in development for years. Click any stage below to see what it means.

Most drugs already in Phase 3 trials have been in this pipeline for 10 or more years. Many are closer to patients than the timelines suggest.
Stage 1
Before any human testing
NIH Funding
Where research dollars are flowing
Stage 2
The one stage we do not track
Academic Papers
What researchers are publishing
Stage 3
Being tested in people now
Clinical Trials
Trials recruiting patients now
Stage 4
With the regulators, no decision yet
Regulatory Review
FDA, TGA, and EMA submissions
Stage 5
Australia’s access gate
PBS Listing
When Australians can afford it, the PBS subsidises the cost

Learn how each stage works ›

Source: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), © Commonwealth of Australia. Data used and redistributed under permission; not modified from its original wording where displayed verbatim.

The monthly access briefing

One plain English email a month on what changed for a condition you choose: new trials, approvals, and PBS decisions. Free, no subscription required.