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Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) - Complex Drugs Programs

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Drug program or condition for PBS medicines - Health Professionals

A to Z of complex authority required drugs and IVR options for transferring calls

Below is a list of:

  • PBS-subsidised drugs administered through the PBS Complex Drugs team
  • medical conditions the drug is used for (providing the patient meets specific restriction criteria), including links to the relevant Operational Blueprint
  • the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) options for transferring these calls, including drugs dual listed for both general and complex indications

Term

Description

Condition > IVR # > IVR program

abatacept

Section 85 and Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only).

adalimumab

Description

Section 85 and Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only).

aflibercept

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

ambrisentan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

anifrolumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

armodafinil

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

asciminib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

avatrombopag

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

azacitidine

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

baricitinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

benralizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

bimekizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

blinatumomab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements.

bosentan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

brentuximab vedotin

Section 100 - Efficient funding of
chemotherapy arrangements.

brolucizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

burosumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

certolizumab pegol

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

crizotinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

daratumumab

Section 85 and Section 100 - Efficient funding of
chemotherapy arrangements.

dasatinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

daunorubicin+cytarabine

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements.

decitabine+cedazuridine

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

dexamethasone implant

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

difelikefalin

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

dupilumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

  • severe asthma - adult and adolescent > IVR 1 > IVR A
  • Chronic severe atopic dermatitis > General PBS listed

eculizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

eflornithine

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

elexacaftor+tezacaftor+ivacaftor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

elotuzumab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements.

elranatamab

Section 85 and Section 100 - Efficient funding of
chemotherapy arrangements.

eltrombopag

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

entrectinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

epoprostenol

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

etanercept

Section 85 and Section 100 listed
pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only).

etrasimod

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

faricimab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

fedratinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

  • Myelofibrosis (MF) > General PBS listed

garadacimab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

givosiran

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

golimumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

guselkumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

idelalisib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

  • Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) > General PBS listed
  • Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) > General PBS listed
  • Refractory follicular B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (Follicular Lymph) > General PBS listed

iloprost

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

imatinib

Section 85 listed
pharmaceutical benefit.

  • acute lymphoblastic leukaemia > IVR 5 > IVR A
  • chronic myeloid leukaemia > IVR 5 > IVR A
  • gastrointestinal stromal tumour > IVR 5 > IVR A
  • Aggressive systemic mastocytosis with eosinophilia (ASM) > General PBS listed
  • Chronic eosinophilic leukaemia or Hypereosinophilic syndrome (CEL/HES) > General PBS listed
  • Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) > General PBS listed
  • Myelodysplastic or myeloproliferative disorder (MDP/MPD) > General PBS listed

infliximab

Section 85 and Section 100 listed
pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only).

inotuzumab ozogamicin

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements

iptacopan

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

ivacaftor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

ixekizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

lanadelumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

lapatinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

larotrectinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

lenalidomide

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

lumacaftor+ivacaftor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

lumasiran

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

macitentan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

macitentan+tadalafil

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

mavacamten

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

mecasermin

Section 100 listed
pharmaceutical benefit.

mepolizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

midostaurin

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

migalastat

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

modafinil

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

mogamulizumab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements.

momelotinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

  • Myelofibrosis (MF) > General PBS listed

nilotinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

nintedanib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

nitisinone

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

nusinersen

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

odevixibat

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

omalizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

onasemnogene abeparvovec

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public hospital authority required.

ozanimod

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

palovarotene

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

pasireotide

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

pegcetacoplan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

pegvisomant

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

pegunigalsidase alfa

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

pembrolizumab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of
chemotherapy arrangements.

  • Colorectal cancer > General PBS listed
  • Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) > General PBS listed
  • Malignant melanoma > General PBS listed
  • Non-Small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) > General PBS listed
  • Primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) > General PBS listed
  • Squamous cell carcinoma > General PBS listed
  • Urothelial cancer > General PBS listed

pertuzumab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of
chemotherapy arrangements.

pirfenidone

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

polylactic acid

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

pomalidomide

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

ponatinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

ranibizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

ravulizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

repotrectinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

riociguat

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

ripretinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

risankizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

risdiplam

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

rituximab

Section 100 - Highly specialised drug (HSD) or Efficient funding of
chemotherapy (EFC) arrangements.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(HSD only).

  • Conditions other than oncology > IVR 2 & 4 > IVR B
  • Oncology indications > General PBS listed

romiplostim

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

rozanolixizumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

ruxolitinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

  • polycythemia vera > IVR 5 > IVR A
  • Acute or chronic graft versus host disease (GVHD) > General PBS listed
  • Myelofibrosis (MF) > General PBS listed

secukinumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

selexipag

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

selinexor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

selumetinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

sildenafil

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

somapacitan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

somatrogon

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

somatropin

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

sonidegib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

sunitinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

tadalafil

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

tafamidis

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

tafasitamab

Section 100 - Efficient funding of chemotherapy arrangements.

teduglutide

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

tezacaftor+ivacaftor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

tezepelumab

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

tildrakizumab

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

tocilizumab

Section 85 and Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 listing only).

tofacitinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

trastuzumab

Section 85 and Section 100 -
Efficient funding of
chemotherapy
arrangements.

trastuzumab emtansine

Section 100 -
Efficient funding of
chemotherapy
arrangements.

upadacitinib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

ustekinumab

Section 85 and Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only).

vanzacaftor+tezacaftor+deutivacaftor

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

vedolizumab

Section 85 and Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 only)

venetoclax+azacitidine

Section 85 (venetoclax) and Section 100 (azacitidine)
listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required -
(Section 100 azacitidine only)

vismodegib

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

vorinostat

Section 85 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

vutrisiran

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.

zilucoplan

Section 100 listed pharmaceutical benefit.

Public and private hospital authority required.