Pharmacy Daily | Review PBS list more often

THE Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s submission to the Authority Required Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (PBS) Listings Review has said the terms of reference should consider how often the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) reviewed the PBS items list. The Guild said it was unaware of the last review and noted it was “still yet to receive a response” to its submission on Streamlined Authorities. “If the listings were regularly reviewed it would ensure they were up-to-date, relevant to current clinical practice and the product life cycle of the medicines.” The submission said the Restricted Benefit category was underutilised and should instead be a “primary means for applying restrictions”, including that a medicine be considered for the Restricted Benefit category to limit PBS usage so it was used in accordance with TGA approval. The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia said the PBAC should consider restricting access to medicines with a set list of attributes from five categories including medicines where there were specific public health issues (restricted by prescriber approval based on credentialing information in prescriber number) and medicines that had a high risk if used inappropriately (restricted as above) - CLICK HERE to read more.

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