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PBS Website Update - 1 April 2010

1 April 2010

he Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits was updated on 1 April 2010 and the Summary of Changes can be found on the New amended and deleted items page.

Detailed information regarding additions and alterations of restrictions is now available in the fact sheet, New Listings and Changes To PBS 1 April 2010.

Due to the disallowance of part of a legal instrument that had formed three new PBS therapeutic groups, there are some incorrect prices listed in the 1 April 2010 Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits. The details of these prices and some other minor corrections are published in an ERRATUM.

Furthermore, the following updates have been made to the PBS Website:

  • FORMULARY ALLOCATIONS - 1 APRIL 2010
  • 12.5% PRICE REDUCTIONS - 1 APRIL 2010
  • THERAPEUTIC RELATIVITY SHEETS