National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits)
(Pharmacist Substitution of Medicines without
Prescription during Shortages) Amendment (No. 4) Determination 2024
I, Eden Simon, as delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.
Dated 14 November 2024
Eden Simon
Acting Assistant Secretary
Pricing and PBS Policy Branch
Technology Assessment and Access Division
Department of Health and Aged Care
Contents
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) (Pharmacist Substitution of Medicines without Prescription during Shortages) Determination 2021
Commencement information |
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 19 November 2024 | 19 November 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsection 89A(3) of the National Health Act 1953.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
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 | Column 2 |
1 | Listed drug: Insulin degludec with insulin aspart Form: Injections, pre‑filled pen, 70 units‑30 units per mL, 3 mL, 5 Manner of administration: Injection Brand: Ryzodeg Flextouch | Listed drug: Insulin degludec with insulin aspart Form: Injections, cartridges, 70 units‑30 units per mL, 3 mL, 5 Manner of administration: Injection Brand: Ryzodeg Penfill |
2 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 390 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 25
| Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 750 micrograms (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 25
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3 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 750 micrograms (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 25 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 390 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 25
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4 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50
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5 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 390 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 25 |
6 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 750 micrograms (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 25 |
7 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 |
8 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 390 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 25 |
9 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 750 micrograms (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 25 |
10 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.17 mg, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 75 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 585 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: any of the following: (a) Estradot 37.5 (b) Estradiol Transdermal System (Sandoz, USA) |
11 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.56 mg, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 3 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 100 |
12 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.56 mg, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 |
13 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.56 mg, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50 |
14 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 3 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.56 mg, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: any of the following: (a) Estradot 100 (b) Estradiol Transdermal System (Sandoz, USA) |
15 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 3 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 780 micrograms, 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estradot 50 |
16 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 3 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 100 | Listed drug: Estradiol Form: Transdermal patches 1.5 mg (as hemihydrate), 8 Manner of administration: Transdermal Brand: Estraderm MX 50 |