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National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)

(Pharmacist Substitution of Medicines without

Prescription during Shortages) Amendment (No. 3) Determination 2024

I, Nikolai Tsyganov, as delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.

Dated  13 May 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Nikolai Tsyganov

Assistant Secretary

Pricing and PBS Policy Branch

Technology Assessment and Access Division

Department of Health and Aged Care

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Pharmacist Substitution of Medicines without Prescription during Shortages) Determination 2021

1  Name

(1)    This instrument is the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Pharmacist Substitution of Medicines without Prescription during Shortages) Amendment (No. 3) Determination 2024.

(2)    This instrument may also be cited as PB 51 of 2024.

2  Commencement

(1)    Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

15 May 2024

15 May 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)    Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument.

Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 89A(3) of the National Health Act 1953.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Pharmacist Substitution of

Medicines without Prescription during Shortages) Determination 2021

1  Subsection 5(8)

 

Repeal the table, substitute:

Prescribed and substitute pharmaceutical benefits

Item

Column 1
Prescribed pharmaceutical benefit

Column 2
Substitute pharmaceutical benefit

1

Listed drug:  Insulin degludec with insulin aspart

Form:   Injections, prefilled pen, 70 units30 units per mL, 3 mL, 5

Manner of administration: Injection

Brand:  Ryzodeg Flextouch

Listed drug:  Insulin degludec with insulin aspart

Form:   Injections, cartridges, 70 units30 units per mL, 3 mL, 5

Manner of administration: Injection

Brand:  Ryzodeg Penfill

2

Listed drug:  Fluoxetine

Form:   Tablet, dispersible, 20 mg (as hydrochloride)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand:  Zactin Tablet

Listed drug:  Fluoxetine

Form:    Capsule 20 mg (as hydrochloride)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand:   any of the following:

(a) APOFluoxetine

(b) BTC Fluoxetine

(c) Blooms the Chemist Fluoxetine

(d) FLUOTEX

(e) Fluoxetine APOTEX

(f) Fluoxetine Sandoz

(g) Fluoxetine generichealth

(h) NOUMED FLUOXETINE

(i) Prozac 20

(j) Zactin

3

Listed drug:  Fluoxetine

Form:   Tablet, dispersible, 20 mg (as hydrochloride)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand:  Zactin Tablet

Listed drug:  Fluoxetine

Form:    Capsule 10 mg (Medreich) (S19A)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand: Fluoxetine Capsules 10 mg (Medreich, UK)

4

Listed drug:  Gliclazide

Form:   Tablet 30 mg (modified release)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand:  any of the following:

a)      APO-Gliclazide MR

b)      Gliclazide MR Viatris

c)      Pharmacor Gliclazide MR

 

Listed drug:  Gliclazide

Form: Tablet 60 mg (modified release)

Manner of administration: Oral

Brand: any of the following:

a)      ARDIX GLICLAZIDE 60mg MR

b)      Diamicron 60mg MR

c)      Gliclazide Lupin MR

d)      Pharmacor Gliclazide MR

5

Listed drug: Abatacept

Form: Injection 125 mg in 1 mL dose single dose pre-filled syringe

Manner of administration: Injection

  Brand: Orencia

Listed drug: Abatacept

Form: Injection 125 mg in 1 mL single autoinjector

Manner of administration: Injection

Brand: Orencia ClickJect

6

Listed drug: Abatacept

Form: Injection 125 mg in 1 mL single dose autoinjector

Manner of administration: Injection

  Brand: Orencia ClickJect

Listed drug: Abatacept

Form: Injection 125 mg in 1 mL single dose pre-filled syringe

Manner of administration: Injection

Brand: Orencia