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10 October 2026

Women with PMOS should get subsidised weight-loss drugs, Australian advocates say

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Source reporting: The Guardian World

Women with PMOS should get subsidised weight-loss drugs, Australian advocates say

With GLP-1s to treat the condition not specifically approved by the TGA, patients are being prescribed them off-label The Polyendrocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Association of Australia (POSAA) is urging for GLP-1 drugs to be approved on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for people living with the condition.

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