Supply Matters

Page last updated: 12 March 2025

There are various provisions under the National Health Act 1953 and the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 which provide supply security for Australian patients and facilitate access to alternative medicines if there is a serious medicine shortage. Additional information regarding these arrangements is available on the following website pages:

• Guarantee of supply
• Medicines Supply Security Guarantee
• Minimum Stockholding Requirements
• Designated brands
• PBS subsidy arrangements for Section 19A medicines 
• PBS subsidy arrangements for medicines subject to a Serious Scarcity Substitution Instrument