Dr. Paul Joyce

Yeah, I think so.

I think, at least from my understanding, the TGA has always been quite cautious when putting weight loss drugs

onto the PBS.

The best way, of course, to lose weight is to eat healthy and exercise.

And so the TGA especially is always cautious to promote people just taking a pill or injecting themselves to fix their weight.

But when it comes to other diseases, things like chronic kidney disease, where it's a deadly disease, people need new medications for it,

I think the TGA will act quite proactively to ensure that people have access to the drugs.

Absolutely, yeah.

And then so, you know, obviously for the manufacturers, there's a few of them.

These are trillion-dollar drugs.

But also looking at it from an Australia healthcare perspective, if we can reduce disease burden, then we can also reduce the cost on healthcare.

So the economic effects are quite wide-ranging.