Cardiomyopathy (CM) Program in Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) 012-24041204
CM restriction and item codes
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PBS CM restriction and item codes
FAQs from Service Officers
Table 1: for FAQs about all Complex programs, see Table 2 in Processing Complex Authority Required Listings.
Item |
Description |
1 |
If a change of dose in mavacamten is required after an initial is approved but before 12 weeks, can the change of dose be approved under the first continuing treatment? Yes. |
2 |
Can a patient have multiple first continuing approvals of different strengths of mavacamten until they can achieve a stable dose? Yes. The patient’s authorities remain being approved as the first continuing until they are stable on the same dose for a period of 6 months. As such, they can have multiple first continuing approvals of different strengths until a stable dose is achieved. |