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PB 10 of 2023

 

National Health (Floor Price for Certain Brands of Pharmaceutical Items) Determination 2023

I, Nikolai Tsyganov, as delegate for the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.

Dated  30 May 2023

Nikolai Tsyganov

Assistant Secretary
Pricing and PBS Policy Branch
Technology Assessment and Access Division
Department of Health and Aged Care

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Definitions

5 Floor price of certain brands of pharmaceutical items

1  Name

 (1) This instrument is the National Health (Floor Price for Certain Brands of Pharmaceutical Items) Determination 2023.

 (2) This instrument may also be cited as PB 10 of 2023.

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 June 2023

1 June 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 99ADHC(2) of the National Health Act 1953.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Act means the National Health Act 1953.

brand has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Act.

pharmaceutical item has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Act.

5  Floor price of certain brands of pharmaceutical items

  For the purposes of subsection 99ADHC(2) of the Act, paragraph 99ADHC(1)(c) of the Act applies to a brand of a pharmaceutical item mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table.

Note: Columns 2, 3 and 4 of the table are included for information only.

 

Floor price of certain brands of pharmaceutical items

Item

Column 1
Brand

Column 2
Drug

Column 3

Form

Column 4

Manner of administration

1

PKU squeezie

Amino acid formula with vitamins and minerals without phenylalanine

Oral gel 85 g, 30 (PKU squeezie)

Oral

2

Cal-500

Calcium

Tablet, chewable, 500 mg (as carbonate)

Oral

3

 

DBL Desferrioxamine Mesilate

Desferrioxamine

Powder for injection containing desferrioxamine mesilate 2 g

Injection

4

Triumeq

Dolutegravir with abacavir and lamivudine

Tablet containing dolutegravir 50 mg with abacavir 600 mg and lamivudine 300 mg

Oral

5

Flucil

Flucloxacillin

Powder for injection 1 g (as sodium monohydrate)

Injection

6

Flucil

Flucloxacillin

Powder for oral liquid 125 mg (as sodium monohydrate) per 5 mL, 100 mL

Oral

7

Flucil

Flucloxacillin

Powder for oral liquid 250 mg (as sodium monohydrate) per 5 mL, 100 mL

Oral

8

Hymenoptera Honey Bee Venom

Insect allergen extract-honey bee venom

Injection set containing 550 micrograms with diluent

Injection

9

Hymenoptera Paper Wasp Venom

Insect allergen extract-paper wasp venom

Injection set containing 550 micrograms with diluent

Injection

10

Hymenoptera Yellow Jacket Venom

Insect allergen extract-yellow jacket venom

Injection set containing 550 micrograms with diluent

Injection

11

Toujeo Solostar

Insulin glargine

Injections (human analogue), cartridge, 300 units per mL, 1.5 mL, 3

Injection

12

Toujeo Solostar

Insulin glargine

Injections (human analogue), cartridges, 300 units per mL, 1.5 mL, 5

Injection

13

Lithicarb

Lithium

Tablet containing lithium carbonate 250 mg

Oral

14

Quilonum SR

Lithium

Tablet containing lithium carbonate 450 mg (slow release)

Oral

15

Lyclear

Permethrin

Cream 50 mg per g, 30 g

Application

16

Pro-Cid

Probenecid

Tablet 500 mg

Oral

17

PHOSPHATE PHEBRA

Sodium acid phosphate

Tablet, compound effervescent, equivalent to 500 mg phosphorus

Oral

18

Lipistart

Triglycerides - medium chain, formula

Oral powder 400 g (Lipistart)

Oral

19

K.Quik

Triglycerides, medium chain

Oral liquid 225 mL, 15 (K.Quik)

Oral