PBS XML and Text files – discontinued from May 2026

Page last updated: 11 December 2025

On 1 December 2024, the Department released a new public API (application programming interface) for the efficient distribution of the monthly PBS schedule data. The PBS API contains the full dataset of the PBS Schedule, including details of the medicines subsidised by the Australian Government and the conditions for their prescribing and dispensing. The PBS Schedule and the data in the PBS API is updated on the first day of every month.

From 1 May 2026, the PBS API will replace all existing data formats, and the XML and Text files will be discontinued. Users of existing PBS Schedule data files are encouraged to move to the new PBS API as soon as practical. 

For users who don’t require the functionality of the PBS API, a set of ‘PBS API CSV files’ containing all the PBS API tables in CSV format are also published every month.

Further information about the new PBS API and PBS API CSV files can be found on the PBS Downloads page.