
PB 8 of 2026
National Health (Floor Price for Certain Brands of Pharmaceutical Items) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2026
I, Rebecca Richardson, as delegate of the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing, make the following Determination.
Dated 17 February 2026
Rebecca Richardson
Assistant Secretary
PBS Listing, Pricing and Policy Branch
Technology Assessment and Access Division
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments—Additional designated brands effective from 1 August 2026
National Health (Floor Price for Certain Brands of Pharmaceutical Items) Determination 2023
(1) This instrument is the National Health (Floor Price for Certain Brands of Pharmaceutical Items) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2026.
(2) This instrument may also be cited as PB 8 of 2026.
(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.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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2. Schedule 1 | 1 August 2026 | 1 August 2026 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
This instrument is made under subsection 99ADHC(2) of the National Health Act 1953.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Lax-Tab of the drug Bisacodyl in the form Tablet 5 mg)
Insert:
DBL Bleomycin Sulfate | Bleomycin | Powder for injection containing bleomycin sulfate 15,000 I.U. | Injection |
2 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Triumeq of the drug Dolutegravir with abacavir and lamivudine in the form Tablet containing dolutegravir 50 mg with abacavir 600 mg and lamivudine 300 mg)
Insert:
Adriamycin | Doxorubicin | Solution for I.V. injection or intravesical administration containing doxorubicin hydrochloride 50 mg in 25 mL single dose vial | Injection/Intravesical |
Doxorubicin ACC | Doxorubicin | Solution for I.V. injection or intravesical administration containing doxorubicin hydrochloride 200 mg in 100 mL single dose vial | Injection |
3 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Flucil of the drug Flucloxacillin in the form Powder for oral liquid 250 mg (as sodium monohydrate) per 5 mL, 100 mL)
Insert:
Fludarabine Juno | Fludarabine | Powder for I.V. injection containing fludarabine phosphate 50 mg | Injection |
Fludarabine Ebewe | Fludarabine | Solution for I.V. injection 50 mg fludarabine phosphate in 2 mL | Injection |
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4 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Lasix of the drug Furosemide in the form Oral solution 10 mg per ml, 30 ml)
Insert:
Lasix | Furosemide | Injection 20 mg in 2 mL | Injection |
5 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Moduretic of the drug Hydrochlorothiazide with amiloride in the form Tablet containing hydrochlorothiazide 50 mg with amiloride hydrochloride 5 mg)
Insert:
Solu-Cortef | Hydrocortisone | Injection 100 mg (as sodium succinate) with 2 mL solvent | Injection |
Solu-Cortef | Hydrocortisone | Injection 250 mg (as sodium succinate) with 2 mL solvent | Injection |
6 Section 5 (after table item dealing with the brand Vancomycin Viatris of the drug Vancomycin with amiloride in the form Powder for injection 500 mg (500,000 I.U.) (as hydrochloride))
Insert:
DBL Vinblastine | Vinblastine | Solution for I.V. injection containing vinblastine sulfate 10 mg in 10 mL | Injection |