Price Reductions for Second Main Cycle

Summary of 1 April 2013 Price Reductions for second Main Cycle by Drug / Manner of Administration / Weighted Average Percentage Reduction

Drug

MOA

Weighted Average Percentage Reduction

Aciclovir

Oral

37.67%

Alendronic Acid

Oral

31.84%

Allopurinol

Oral

18.04%

Alprazolam

Oral

12.78%

Aluminium Hydroxide with Magnesium Hydroxide

Oral

13.60%

Amlodipine

Oral

40.06%

Amoxycillin with Clavulanic Acid

Oral

19.08%

Atenolol

Oral

19.60%

Azathioprine

Oral

10.84%

Baclofen

Oral

10.62%

Cefotaxime

Injection

18.19%

Cephazolin

Injection

55.97%

Cimetidine

Oral

14.26%

Clozapine

Oral

10.81%

Cyproterone

Oral

15.92%

Desferrioxamine

Injection

13.01%

Diclofenac

Oral

20.62%

Doxycycline

Oral

21.76%

Fentanyl

Transdermal

20.88%

Flucloxacillin

Injection

22.12%

Fluconazole

Injection

23.30%

Fludarabine

Injection

62.40%

Fluorouracil

Injection

21.52%

Fluvoxamine

Oral

13.39%

Folinic acid

Injection

61.58%

Gabapentin

Oral

20.50%

Galantamine

Oral

10.12%

Glimepiride

Oral

12.60%

Granisetron

Injection

60.32%

Granisetron

Oral

44.46%

Hydrocortisone

Oral

37.70%

Hydroxocobalamin

Injection

17.52%

Ipratropium

Inhalation

17.02%

Iron Polymaltose Complex

Injection

27.69%

Isosorbide Mononitrate

Oral

10.60%

Isotretinoin

Oral

14.80%

Lactulose

Oral

15.63%

Leflunomide

Oral

15.71%

Lercanidipine

Oral

29.67%

Methotrexate

Injection

21.14%

Metoprolol

Oral

10.86%

Metronidazole

Injection

44.50%

Mirtazapine

Oral

25.18%

Moclobemide

Oral

13.46%

Norfloxacin

Oral

16.48%

Omeprazole and Clarithromycin and Amoxycillin

Oral

12.07%

Paclitaxel

Injection

86.94%

Pamidronic Acid

Injection

50.00%

Pantoprazole

Oral

36.82%

Perindopril

Oral

15.78%

Pindolol

Oral

33.64%

Ranitidine

Oral

26.57%

Salbutamol

Inhalation

13.73%

Sotalol

Oral

14.55%

Sucralfate

Oral

20.33%

Sumatriptan

Oral

16.08%

Tamoxifen

Oral

32.77%

Terbinafine

Oral

25.76%

Tramadol

Oral

19.50%

Trandolapril

Oral

10.22%

Vancomycin

Injection

49.90%

Vinorelbine

Injection

21.52%

For further information about specific prices for pharmaceutical items please see the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (FRLI).

Notes: Following a Federal Court order on 6 December 2012 concerning two drugs in the interim supplementary disclosure cycle, changes will be required to the price disclosure process. 

A drug/manner of administration in the second main cycle that has no brands in Schedule 1 or 2 of the December 2012 determination mentioned above does not have price reductions scheduled for 1 April 2013.  Outstanding second main cycle reductions will not occur until after 1 April 2013.  However, flow-on reductions for single brand combination items and new brands of existing items in the December 2012 determination will occur in April.  Reductions may also be determined for 1 April 2013 for new brands of new pharmaceutical items with a drug/manner of administration that is in Schedule 1 of the December 2012 determination.

Following consideration of the written reasons received on 18 December 2012 for the court decision, further notice will be provided regarding the second main cycle and future price disclosure processes.   

Below is a list of the Second Main Cycle drugs not in the December 2012 determination.

Drug MoA

Amoxycillin

Oral

Betamethasone

Application

Bisacodyl

Oral

Calcitriol

Oral

Captopril

Oral

Carboplatin

Injection

Carvedilol

Oral

Cefaclor

Oral

Cefepime

Injection

Ceftriaxone

Injection

Cephalexin

Oral

Ciprofloxacin

Oral

Cisplatin

Injection

Citalopram

Oral

Clarithromycin

Oral

Clopidogrel

Oral

Codeine with Paracetamol

Oral

Cyclosporin

Oral

Dicloxacillin

Oral

Diltiazem

Oral

Dothiepin

Oral

Enalapril

Oral

Epirubicin

Injection / intravesical

Etoposide

Injection

Famotidine

Oral

Fluconazole

Oral

Fluoxetine

Oral

Fosinopril

Oral

Gemcitabine

Injection

Gemfibrozil

Oral

Gentamicin

Injection

Gliclazide

Oral

Irinotecan

Injection

Lamotrigine

Oral

Lisinopril

Oral

Medroxyprogesterone

Oral

Metformin

Oral

Norethisterone with Ethinyloestradiol

Oral

Oestradiol

Transdermal

Omeprazole

Oral

Paracetamol

Oral

Paroxetine

Oral

Pravastatin

Oral

Quinapril

Oral

Ramipril

Oral

Risedronic Acid and Calcium

Oral

Risperidone

Oral

Roxithromycin

Oral

Sertraline

Oral

Simvastatin

Oral

Timolol

Application to the eye

Topiramate

Oral

Verapamil

Oral

Vincristine

Injection