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This determination fixes wholesale (manufacturer) and claimed prices for hundreds of PBS‑listed medicines by brand, specifying how much approved pharmacists pay and how the government calculates subsidies.
It affects patients, pharmacists and pharmaceutical suppliers because those set prices determine out‑of‑pocket costs at the pharmacy, procurement costs for pharmacies, and subsidy eligibility for manufacturers.
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Direct links to the current provisions in National Health Act 1953 - Determination under subsection 85B(1) (No. PB 48 of 2006).
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Determination under subsection 85B (1) (No. PB 48 of 2006)
as amended
made under the
National Health Act 1953
This compilation was prepared on 1 February 2007
taking into account amendments up to No. PB 8 of 2007
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Pharmaceutical Benefits
Determination under subsection 85B (1)
No. PB 48 of 2006 [see Note 1]
This Determination commences on 1 December 2006.
Determination No. PB 41 of 2006 under subsection 85B(1) of the National Health Act 1953 made on 21 September 2006 with effect from 1 October 2006 is repealed.
In this Determination “authority prescription” means a prescription which directs the supply of a pharmaceutical benefit and is a prescription authorised in accordance with paragraph 12 of the determinations made under sections 85, 85A and 88 of the Act.
Section 85B of the Act applies in relation to each of the brands of the pharmaceutical benefits specified in Part A of the Schedule to this Determination (referred to in this Determination as “the Schedule”).
For the purposes of paragraph 85B(1)(c) of the Act, the quantity or number of units that is relevant for the purpose of determining an amount referred to in paragraph 85B (1) (d) or 85B(1)(e) of the Act in relation to each brand of a pharmaceutical benefit specified in Part A of the Schedule is the quantity or number of units specified in Part B of the Schedule in relation to the brand of the pharmaceutical benefit.
For the purposes of paragraph 85B(1)(d) of the Act, the amount that is, for the purposes of Part VII of the Act, to be taken to be the manufacturer’s price for sales to approved pharmacists in relation to each brand of a pharmaceutical benefit specified in Part A of the Schedule is the amount specified in Part C of the Schedule in relation to the brand of the pharmaceutical benefit.
For the purposes of paragraph 85B(1)(e) of the Act, the amount that is, for the purposes of Part VII of the Act, to be taken to be the price claimed by the manufacturer as the manufacturer’s price for sales to approved pharmacists in relation to each brand of a pharmaceutical benefit specified in Part A of the Schedule is the amount specified in Part D of the Schedule in relation to the brand of the pharmaceutical benefit.
The name of the manufacturer or the names of manufacturers denoted in accordance with the following table by letters appearing in the column headed “Brand” in Part A of the Schedule in relation to a pharmaceutical benefit specified in that Part of the Schedule is or are the brand or brands of the pharmaceutical benefit referred to in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7:
| Letters | Manufacturer's Name | Letters | Manufacturer's Name |
|---|
| AB | Abbott Australasia Pty Ltd |
|---|---|
| AG | Allergan Australia Pty Ltd |
| AL | Alphapharm Medical A Division of Alphapharm Pty Limited |
| AP | AstraZeneca Pty Ltd |
| AQ | Alcon Laboratories (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| AS | Aspen Pharmacare Australia Pty Ltd |
| AV | Aventis Pharma Pty Limited |
| BN | Bayer Australia Limited |
| BP | British Pharmaceuticals |
| BQ | Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals A Division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Australia Pty Ltd |
| BX | Baxter Healthcare Pty Limited |
| BY | Boehringer Ingelheim Pty Limited |
| CS | CSL Limited |
| DT | DermaTech Laboratories Pty Ltd |
| FR | Charles E. Frosst Division of Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| GC | GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare |
| GK | GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd |
| JC | Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd |
| LU | Lundbeck Australia Pty Ltd |
| LY | Eli Lilly Australia Pty Limited |
| MK | Merck Sharp & Dohme (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| ML | Marion Division of Aventis Pharma Pty Limited |
| MM | 3M Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd |
| MQ | Merck Pharmaceuticals |
| MX | Mayne Pharma Pty Ltd |
| NM | Novartis Medicines A Division of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd |
| NV | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Australia Pty Ltd |
| OR | Organon (Australia) Pty Limited |
| PC | Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Pty Ltd |
| PF | Pfizer Pty Limited |
| PH | Pharmacia Australia Pty Limited |
| RO | Roche Products Pty Ltd |
| SC | Schering Pty Ltd Australian Subsidiary of Schering AG, Berlin |
| SE | Servier Laboratories (Aust.) Pty Ltd |
| SG | Serono Australia Pty Ltd |
| SI | Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd |
| SM | Solvay Pharmaceuticals Division of Solvay Biosciences Pty Ltd |
| SU | Sauter Laboratories (Aust.) Pty Ltd |
| SW | Sanofi-Synthelabo Australia Pty Limited |
| SZ | Sandoz Pty Ltd |
| UC | UCB Pharma A Division of UCB Australia Pty Ltd |
| VT | Valeant Pharmaceuticals Australasia Pty Ltd |
| WY | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Division of Wyeth Australia Pty Limited |
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Aciclovir</span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 200</span><span> </span><span>mg</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>GK</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>25</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>38.25</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>40.88</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>GK</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>90</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>139.97</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>143.86</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 800</span><span> </span><span>mg</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>GK</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>35</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>169.57</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>171.47</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>GK</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>120</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>562.55</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>569.46</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Alendronate Sodium</span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet equivalent to 70</span><span> </span><span>mg alendronic acid</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>MK</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>42.85</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>43.60</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Allopurinol</span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 100</span><span> </span><span>mg</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>SI</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>200</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>7.85</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>10.06</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 300</span><span> </span><span>mg</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>SI</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>60</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>4.64</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>6.72</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Alprazolam</span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 250</span><span> </span><span>micrograms</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>PH</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>50</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>3.62</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>4.57</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 500</span><span> </span><span>micrograms</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>PH</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>50</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>5.86</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>6.88</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span>Tablet 1</span><span> </span><span>mg</span></p></td><td style="width:48.2pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>PH</span></p></td><td style="width:36.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>50</span></p></td><td style="width:42.55pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>10.21</span></p></td><td style="width:42.65pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTableC"><span>11.41</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:104.9pt; padding-right:1.4pt; padding-left:1.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="tTable"
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