PBS should fund drug to treat breast cancer, endometriosis and gender dysphoria, experts recommend

If taken up by the federal government, a triptorelin listing would mean gender-affirming care would be funded by the PBS for the first time. Illustration: Victoria Hart/Guardian design

The federal government should fund treatment for thousands of women with breast cancer or endometriosis, and children with gender dysphoria, according to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme’s advisory committee.

The committee met urgently in July in response to AstraZeneca’s announcement it would remove Zoladex from the market, risking leaving more than 7,500 women with breast cancer without an alternative treatment.