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1 November 2022 updates as part of the Digital Transformation of Authority Required (Written) PBS listings

Page last updated: 1 November 2022

From 1 November 2022, the PBS listings for the medicines outlined in the table below will be updated as part of the Department of Health and Aged Care’s digital transformation of Authority Required (Written) Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) listings. Real time assessment of authority requests for these medicines will be available through Services Australia’s Online PBS Authorities (OPA) system, via Health Professional Online Services (HPOS).

For further information on these changes, please refer to the PBS news item published on 30 June 2022, ‘Digital Transformation of Authority Required (Written) PBS listings’.

The Department of Health and Aged Care is working to update all relevant PBS listings as quickly as possible. Further information will be published on the PBS website as groups of medicines are reviewed.

From 1 November 2022 the PBS listings for the following medicines will be updated

Medicine name, Form, Quantity

PBS item code, Program code

Indication, Treatment phase

nintedanib 100 mg capsule, 60

11100F (GE)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Initial treatment 1 – new patient

nintedanib 150 mg capsule, 60

 

11106M (GE)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Initial treatment 1 – new patient

pirfenidone 267 mg capsule, 270

11136D (GE)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Initial treatment 1 – new patient

pirfenidone 267 mg tablet, 90

11406H (GE)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Initial treatment 1 – new patient

nintedanib 100 mg capsule, 60

12967L (GE)

Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease, Initial treatment

nintedanib 150 mg capsule, 60

12953R (GE)

Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease, Initial treatment

nintedanib 100 mg capsule, 60

12967L (GE)

Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease, Transitioning from non-PBS to PBS-subsidised supply - Grandfather arrangements

nintedanib 150 mg capsule, 60

12953R (GE)

Progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease, Transitioning from non-PBS to PBS-subsidised supply - Grandfather arrangements

aflibercept 3.6 mg/0.09 mL injection, 0.09 mL syringe

12153P (GE)

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), Initial treatment

aflibercept 4 mg/0.1 mL injection, 0.1 mL vial

10505X (GE)

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), Initial treatment

dexamethasone 700 microgram implant, 1

10943Y (GE)

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 1.65 mg/0.165 mL injection, 0.165 mL syringe

10374B (GE)

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 2.3 mg/0.23 mL injection, 0.23 mL vial

10373Y (GE)

Diabetic macular oedema (DMO), Initial treatment

aflibercept 3.6 mg/0.09 mL injection, 0.09 mL syringe

 

12132M (GE)

Branch retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

aflibercept 4 mg/0.1 mL injection, 0.1 mL vial

11991D (GE)

Branch retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

aflibercept 3.6 mg/0.09 mL injection, 0.09 mL syringe

 

12132M (GE)

Central retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

aflibercept 4 mg/0.1 mL injection, 0.1 mL vial

11991D (GE)

Central retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

dexamethasone 700 microgram implant, 1

11469P (GE)

Branch retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

dexamethasone 700 microgram implant, 1

11469P (GE)

Central retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

ranibizumab 1.65 mg/0.165 mL injection, 0.165 mL syringe

11975G (GE)

Branch retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

ranibizumab 1.65 mg/0.165 mL injection, 0.165 mL syringe

11975G (GE)

Central retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

ranibizumab 2.3 mg/0.23 mL injection, 0.23 mL vial

11981N (GE)

Branch retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

ranibizumab 2.3 mg/0.23 mL injection, 0.23 mL vial

11981N (GE)

Central retinal vein occlusion with macular oedema, Initial treatment

aflibercept 3.6 mg/0.09 mL injection, 0.09 mL syringe

 

12141B (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

aflibercept 4 mg/0.1 mL injection, 0.1 mL vial

12131L (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

aflibercept 3.6 mg/0.09 mL injection, 0.09 mL syringe

 

12152N (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

aflibercept 4 mg/0.1 mL injection, 0.1 mL vial

2168D (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

brolucizumab 6 mg/0.05 mL intraocular injection, 0.05 mL syringe

12667Q (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 1.65 mg/0.165 mL injection, 0.165 mL syringe

10138N (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 2.3 mg/0.23 mL injection, 0.23 mL vial

1382R (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 1.65 mg/0.165 mL injection, 0.165 mL syringe

11480F (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment

ranibizumab 2.3 mg/0.23 mL injection, 0.23 mL vial

11471R (GE)

Subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), Initial treatment