PB 115 of 2022
National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2022 (No. 11)
National Health Act 1953
I, NIKOLAI TSYGANOV, Assistant Secretary (Acting), Pricing and PBS Policy Branch, Technology Assessment and Access Division, Department of Health and Aged Care, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make this Instrument under subsection 100(2) of the National Health Act 1953.
Date 30 November 2022
NIKOLAI TSYGANOV
Assistant Secretary (Acting)
Pricing and PBS Policy Branch
Technology Assessment and Access Division
Contents
1......... Name............................................................................................................................... 1
2......... Commencement............................................................................................................... 1
3......... Authority......................................................................................................................... 1
4......... Schedules......................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement 2011
(PB 79 of 2011) 2
1 Name
(1) This instrument is the National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2022 (No. 11).
(2) This instrument may also be cited as PB 115 of 2022.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of this instrument | 1 December 2022 | 1 December 2022 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 100(2) of the National Health Act 1953.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
National Health (Efficient Funding of Chemotherapy) Special Arrangement 2011 (PB 79 of 2011)
[1] Schedule 1, Part 1, entry for Bevacizumab in each of the forms: Solution for I.V. infusion 100 mg in 4 mL; and Solution for I.V. infusion 400 mg in 16 mL
insert in the columns in the order indicated, and in alphabetical order for the column headed “Brand”:
| | | | Abevmy | AF | MP12479T(IP);12508H(IN) | | D |
[2] Schedule 1, Part 1, entry for Pembrolizumab
(a) omit from the column headed “Circumstances”: C12033 C12065 C13126 C13213 C13214 C13245 C13278 C13279 C13289 C13296 C13316
(b) insert in numerical order in the column headed “Circumstances”: C13726 C13727 C13728 C13730 C13731 C13732 C13735 C13736 C13738 C13739 C13741
[3] Schedule 1, Part 2, entry for Pembrolizumab
substitute:
| Pembrolizumab | P10696 | 200 | 5 |
| | P13431 P13432 | 200 | 6 |
| | P10687 P10695 P10705 | 200 | 7 |
| | P10689 | 400 | 2 |
| | P10676 P10688 P10701 P13436 P13437 | 400 | 3 |
| | P13726 P13727 P13728 P13730 P13731 P13732 P13735 P13736 P13738 P13739 P13741 | 400 | 6 |
[4] Schedule 4, entry for Pembrolizumab
(a) omit:
| | C12033 | P12033 | Unresectable or metastatic deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer
Initial treatment
Patient must be untreated for this PBS indication (i.e untreated for each of: (i) unresectable disease, (ii) metastatic disease); AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment for colorectal cancer with each of: (i) a programmed cell death‑1 (PD‑1) inhibitor, (ii) a programmed cell death ligand‑1 (PD‑L1) inhibitor; AND
Patient must have a WHO performance status of 0 or 1; AND
Patient must have deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer, as determined by immunohistochemistry test; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 7 doses under this restriction. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C12065 | P12065 | Unresectable or metastatic deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS‑subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have progressive disease while receiving PBS‑subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 cycles or up to 24 months of treatment in a lifetime for this condition. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C13126 | P13126 | Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin lymphoma
Initial treatment
Patient must have undergone an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) for this condition and have experienced relapsed or refractory disease post ASCT; OR
Patient must not be suitable for ASCT for this condition and have experienced relapsed or refractory disease following at least 2 prior treatments for this condition; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) inhibitor for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 7 doses under this restriction.
Applications for authorisation of initial treatment must be made via the Online PBS Authorities System (real time assessment), or in writing via HPOS form upload or mail.
If the application is submitted through HPOS upload or mail, it must include:
(a) a completed authority prescription form; and
(b) a completed authority application form relevant to the indication and treatment phase (the latest version is located on the website specified in the Administrative Advice). | Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures |
| | C13213 | P13213 | Relapsed or refractory primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Initial treatment
The condition must be diagnosed as primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma through histological investigation combined with at least one of: (i) positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET-CT) scan, (ii) PET scan, (iii) CT scan; AND
Patient must be experiencing relapsed/refractory disease; AND
Patient must be autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) ineligible following a single line of treatment; OR
Patient must have undergone an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT); OR
Patient must have been treated with at least 2 chemotherapy treatment lines for this condition, one of which must include rituximab-based chemotherapy; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 7 doses under this restriction.
Applications for authorisation of initial treatment must be made via the Online PBS Authorities System (real time assessment), or be in writing via HPOS form upload or mail and must include:
(a) details (date, unique identifying number/code or provider number) of the histology results with PET/CT scans that support a diagnosis of primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma; and
(b) details of prior treatments for this condition.
All reports must be documented in the patient's medical records.
If the application is submitted through HPOS form upload or mail, it must include:
(i) A completed authority prescription form; and
(ii) A completed authority application form relevant to the indication and treatment phase (the latest version is located on the website specified in the Administrative Advice). | Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures |
| | C13214 | P13214 | Relapsed or refractory primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while receiving PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 cycles in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C13245 | P13245 | Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin lymphoma
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while receiving PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 cycles in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C13278 | P13278 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Initial treatment
The condition must be incurable by local therapies in the locally advanced setting; AND
Patient must not have had systemic therapy for this condition in the recurrent or metastatic setting prior to initiating PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have experienced disease recurrence within 6 months of completion of systemic therapy if previously treated in the locally advanced setting; AND
Patient must have had a WHO performance status of 0 or 1; AND
The treatment must be either: (i) the sole PBS-subsidised therapy where the condition expresses programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) with a combined positive score (CPS) greater than or equal to 20 in the tumour sample, (ii) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy, unless contraindicated or not tolerated; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 7 doses under this restriction. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13278 |
| | C13279 | P13279 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 doses or up to 24 months of combined initial and continuing treatment in a lifetime for this condition whichever comes first. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13279 |
| | C13289 | P13289 | Locally advanced (Stage III) or metastatic (Stage IV) urothelial cancer
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 cycles or up to 24 months of treatment under this restriction. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13289 |
| | C13296 | P13296 | Locally advanced (Stage III) or metastatic (Stage IV) urothelial cancer
Initial treatment
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
The condition must have progressed on or after prior platinum based chemotherapy; OR
The condition must have progressed on or within 12 months of completion of adjuvant platinum-containing chemotherapy following cystectomy for localised muscle-invasive urothelial cancer; OR
The condition must have progressed on or within 12 months of completion of neoadjuvant platinum-containing chemotherapy prior to cystectomy for localised muscle-invasive urothelial cancer; AND
Patient must have a WHO performance status of 2 or less; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 7 doses under this restriction; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor for this condition. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13296 |
| | C13316 | P13316 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Transitioning from non-PBS to PBS-subsidised supply - Grandfather arrangements
Patient must have previously received non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition prior to 1 October 2022; AND
Patient must not have had systemic therapy for this condition in the recurrent or metastatic setting prior to initiating non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have experienced disease recurrence within 6 months of completion of systemic therapy if treated in the locally advanced setting prior to non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must have been initiated as non-PBS-subsidised therapy as either: (i) the sole therapy where the condition expressed programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) with a combined positive score (CPS) greater than or equal to 20 in the tumour sample, (ii) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy, unless contraindicated or not tolerated; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must have had a WHO performance status of 0 or 1 prior to initiation of non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must not exceed a total of 35 doses, or up to 24 months, of combined non-PBS-subsidised and PBS-subsidised treatment under the Grandfather and Continuing treatment restrictions in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13316 |
(b) insert in numerical order after existing text:
| | C13726 | P13726 | Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin lymphoma
Initial treatment
Patient must have undergone an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) for this condition and have experienced relapsed or refractory disease post ASCT; OR
Patient must not be suitable for ASCT for this condition and have experienced relapsed or refractory disease following at least 2 prior treatments for this condition; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a PD-1 (programmed cell death-1) inhibitor for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13726 |
| | C13727 | P13727 | Relapsed or refractory primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Initial treatment
The condition must be diagnosed as primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma through histological investigation combined with at least one of: (i) positron emission tomography - computed tomography (PET-CT) scan, (ii) PET scan, (iii) CT scan; AND
Patient must have been treated with rituximab-based chemotherapy for this condition; AND
Patient must be experiencing relapsed/refractory disease; AND
Patient must be autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) ineligible following a single line of treatment; OR
Patient must have undergone an autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT); OR
Patient must have been treated with at least 2 chemotherapy treatment lines for this condition, one of which must include rituximab-based chemotherapy; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13727 |
| | C13728 | P13728 | Unresectable or metastatic deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer
Initial treatment
Patient must be untreated for this PBS indication (i.e untreated for each of: (i) unresectable disease, (ii) metastatic disease); AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment for colorectal cancer with each of: (i) a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor, (ii) a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor; AND
Patient must have a WHO performance status of 0 or 1; AND
Patient must have deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer, as determined by immunohistochemistry test.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C13730 | P13730 | Unresectable or metastatic deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) colorectal cancer
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have progressive disease while receiving PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures |
| | C13731 | P13731 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13731 |
| | C13732 | P13732 | Relapsed or refractory primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while receiving PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13732 |
| | C13735 | P13735 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Initial treatment
The condition must be incurable by local therapies in the locally advanced setting; AND
Patient must not have had systemic therapy for this condition in the recurrent or metastatic setting prior to initiating PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have experienced disease recurrence within 6 months of completion of systemic therapy if previously treated in the locally advanced setting; AND
Patient must have had a WHO performance status of 0 or 1; AND
The treatment must be either: (i) the sole PBS-subsidised therapy where the condition expresses programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) with a combined positive score (CPS) greater than or equal to 20 in the tumour sample, (ii) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy, unless contraindicated or not tolerated.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13735 |
| | C13736 | P13736 | Locally advanced (Stage III) or metastatic (Stage IV) urothelial cancer
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13736 |
| | C13738 | P13738 | Recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx or larynx
Transitioning from non-PBS to PBS-subsidised supply - Grandfather arrangements
Patient must have previously received non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition prior to 1 October 2022; AND
Patient must not have had systemic therapy for this condition in the recurrent or metastatic setting prior to initiating non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have experienced disease recurrence within 6 months of completion of systemic therapy if treated in the locally advanced setting prior to non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
The treatment must have been initiated as non-PBS-subsidised therapy as either: (i) the sole therapy where the condition expressed programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) with a combined positive score (CPS) greater than or equal to 20 in the tumour sample, (ii) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy, unless contraindicated or not tolerated; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while being treated with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must have had a WHO performance status of 0 or 1 prior to initiation of non-PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13738 |
| | C13739 | P13739 | Locally advanced (Stage III) or metastatic (Stage IV) urothelial cancer
Initial treatment
The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND
The condition must have progressed on or after prior platinum based chemotherapy; OR
The condition must have progressed on or within 12 months of completion of adjuvant platinum-containing chemotherapy following cystectomy for localised muscle-invasive urothelial cancer; OR
The condition must have progressed on or within 12 months of completion of neoadjuvant platinum-containing chemotherapy prior to cystectomy for localised muscle-invasive urothelial cancer; AND
Patient must have a WHO performance status of 2 or less; AND
Patient must not have received prior treatment with a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13739 |
| | C13741 | P13741 | Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin lymphoma
Continuing treatment
Patient must have previously received PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition; AND
Patient must not have developed disease progression while receiving PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition.
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 3 weeks - prescribe up to 6 repeat prescriptions; OR
Patient must be undergoing treatment with this drug administered once every 6 weeks - prescribe up to 3 repeat prescriptions; AND
Patient must not be undergoing continuing PBS-subsidised treatment where this benefit is extending treatment beyond 24 cumulative months from the first administered dose, once in a lifetime. | Compliance with Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 13741 |