Kellia Chiu

July 19, 2026

How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS

Barbara Mintzes, University of Sydney; Ashleigh Hooimeyer, University of Sydney, and Kellia Chiu, University of Sydney

International drug companies are threatening to remove medicines from the market if Australia doesn’t offer them a better price. Here’s what’s at stake.

December 3, 2020

Should Australians be worried about waiting for a COVID vaccine when the UK has just approved Pfizer’s?

Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto; Barbara Mintzes, University of Sydney; Kellia Chiu, University of Sydney, and Lisa Parker, University of Sydney

Australia is still aiming to start vaccinating high-risk groups from March. Why the delay?

November 17, 2020

You may be able to buy a COVID vaccine ahead of the government rollout. But jumping the queue comes at a price

Barbara Mintzes, University of Sydney; Joel Lexchin, University of Toronto; Kellia Chiu, University of Sydney, and Zhicheng (Jeff) Wang, University of Sydney

A private market should have no place in the rollout of a COVID vaccine.