Re:*Cough* *cough* *splutter* *splutter* (Score 1)

You see to have a bad cough there, perhaps you should buy something over the internet for it. The free trade agreement http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us_fta/f inal-text/ did not stop any subsidies on prescription drugs. The only mention of the PBS was in an exchange of letters http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us_fta/f inal-text/letters/02_pbs.pdf What it comes down to is that US drug companies would rather get their drugs on the PBS list (where they make a large sale but at a wholesale price) because if they are not on the list they won't sell any.