RECOMMENDATIONS made by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) in December 2016 relating to the listing of drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) relate to AbbVie's Humira (adalimumab), Aspen's Chlorsig (chloramphenicol eye drops) and Novartis' Certican (everolimus).
Other drugs named for listing changes were Pfizer's Nitrostat (glyceryl trinitrate sublingual tabs), Phebra's Prenoxad (naloxone injection) and Roche's Esbriet (pirfenidone caps) to be newly listed for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis under certain conditions - tga.gov.au.
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