National Health (Highly specialised drugs program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 10) (PB 94 of 2015) (Cth)
PB 94 of 2015
National Health (Highly specialised drugs program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 10)
National Health Act 1953
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I, STEVE DUNLOP, Assistant Secretary, Pharmaceutical Access Branch, Pharmaceutical Benefits Division, Department of Health, delegate of the Minister for Health, make this Amendment Instrument under subsections 100(1) and 100(2) of the National Health Act 1953.
Dated 25 September 2015
STEVE DUNLOP
A/g Assistant Secretary
Pharmaceutical Access Branch
Pharmaceutical Benefits Division
Department of Health
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1 Name of Instrument
(1)This Instrument is the National Health (Highly specialised drugs program) Special Arrangement Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 10).
(2)This Instrument may also be cited as PB 94 of 2015.
2 Commencement
This Instrument commences on 1 October 2015.
3 Amendment
Schedule 1 amends the National Health (Highly specialised drugs program) Special Arrangement 2010 (PB 116 of 2010).
Schedule 1, entry for Abatacept in the form Powder for I.V. infusion 250 mg
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’ : C4694 C4742 C4768
b) insert in numerical order after existing items: C5456 C5493 C5523
Schedule 1, entry for Anakinra in the form Injection 100 mg in 0.67 mL single use pre-filled syringe
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4920
b) insert: C5450
Schedule 1, entry for Filgrastim in the form Injection 300 micrograms in 0.5 mL single use pre‑filled syringe (TevaGrastim) and brand TevaGrastim
a) omit from the column headed ‘Responsible Person’: AS
b) insert: TB
Schedule 1, entry for Infliximab
substitute:
Infliximab Powder for I.V. infusion 100 mg Injection Remicade JC MP C3691 C3693 C3819 C3820 C4524 C4535 C4603 C4625 C4626 C4627 C4630 C4705 C4718 C4823 C4836 C4846 C4854 C5077 C5078 C5079 C5084 C5093 C5097 C5103 C5109 C5110 C5111 C5112 C5118 C5120 C5149 C5197 C5233 C5234 C5303 C5304 C5311 C5376 C5377 C5440 C5484 C5485 P3691 P3693 P3819 P3820 P4603 P4625 P4626 P4627 P4630 P4705 P4718 P4823 P4836 P4846 P4854 P5077 P5078 P5079 P5084 P5093 P5097 P5103 P5109 P5110 P5111 P5112 P5118 P5120 P5149 P5197 P5233 P5234 P5303 P5304 P5311 P5376 P5377 P5440 P5484 P5485 1 0 D MP C3691 C3693 C3819 C3820 C4524 C4535 C4603 C4625 C4626 C4627 C4630 C4705 C4718 C4823 C4836 C4846 C4854 C5077 C5078 C5079 C5084 C5093 C5097 C5103 C5109 C5110 C5111 C5112 C5118 C5120 C5149 C5197 C5233 C5234 C5303 C5304 C5311 C5376 C5377 C5440 C5484 C5485 P4535 1 1 D MP C3691 C3693 C3819 C3820 C4524 C4535 C4603 C4625 C4626 C4627 C4630 C4705 C4718 C4823 C4836 C4846 C4854 C5077 C5078 C5079 C5084 C5093 C5097 C5103 C5109 C5110 C5111 C5112 C5118 C5120 C5149 C5197 C5233 C5234 C5303 C5304 C5311 C5376 C5377 C5440 C5484 C5485 P4524 5 1 D
Schedule 1, entry for Ivacaftor in the form Tablet 150 mg
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4904 C4905 C4931
b) insert in numerical order: C5492 C5507 C5531
Schedule 1, entry for Lanthanum in each of the forms Tablet, chewable, 500 mg (as carbonate hydrate); Tablet, chewable, 750 mg (as carbonate hydrate); Tablet, chewable, 1000 mg (as carbonate hydrate)
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4832 C4847
b) insert in numerical order : C5454 C5530
Schedule 1, entry for Nevirapine in the form Tablet 200 mg and brand Nevipin
a) omit from the column headed ‘Responsible Person’: GN
b) insert: EA
Schedule 1, entry for Rituximab in the form Solution for I.V. infusion 500 mg in 50 mL
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4740 C4741 C4753
b) insert in numerical order: C5494 C5501 C5502
Schedule 1, entry for Sevelamer in the form Tablet containing sevelamer hydrochloride 800 mg
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4832 C4847
b) insert in numerical order : C5454 C5530
Schedule 1, entry for Sucroferric oxyhydroxide in the form Tablet, chewable, 2.5 g (equivalent to 500 mg iron)
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4832 C4847
b) insert in numerical order : C5454 C5530
Schedule 1, entry for Tocilizumab in each of the forms Concentrate for injection 80 mg in 4 mL; Concentrate for injection 200 mg in 10 mL; Concentrate for injection 400 mg in 20 mL
a) omit from the column headed ‘Circumstances’: C4688 C4729 C4730
b) insert in numerical order after existing items : C5481 C5497 C5505
Schedule 2, Responsible Person codes, after entry for EA:
insert:
FK A.Menarini Australia Pty Ltd 62 116 935 758
Schedule 2, Responsible Person codes, after entry for SZ:
insert:
TB Teva Pharma Australia Pty Limited 41 169 715 664
Schedule 3, entry for Abatacept
substitute:
| Abatacept | C4695 | P4695 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C4734 | P4734 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures | |
| C5456 | P5456 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Patient must have a documented history of severe active rheumatoid arthritis, AND | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures | |
| C5493 | P5493 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Patient must have severe active rheumatoid arthritis, AND | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures | |
| C5523 | P5523 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
Schedule 3, entry for Anakinra
substitute:
| Anakinra | C5450 | P5450 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Moderate to severe cryopyrin associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 5450 |
Schedule 3, entry for Infliximab
a)omit:
| C3803 | P3803 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Ankylosing spondylitis — initial treatment 2 | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C3804 | P3804 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Ankylosing spondylitis — continuing treatment Continuing treatment with infliximab within an ongoing treatment cycle, by a rheumatologist, of an adult with a documented history of active ankylosing spondylitis who has demonstrated an adequate response to treatment with infliximab, and whose most recent course of PBS‑subsidised therapy in this treatment cycle was with infliximab; and where TNF‑alfa antagonist means adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab or infliximab; and where a treatment cycle is a period of treatment with successive TNF‑alfa antagonists which commences when an eligible patient (one who has not received PBS‑subsidised treatment with a TNF‑alfa antagonist for ankylosing spondylitis in at least the previous 5 years) receives an initial course of PBS‑subsidised therapy with 1 TNF‑alfa antagonist, and which continues until the patient has tried and either failed, or ceased to respond to, PBS‑subsidised treatment with 3 TNF‑alfa antagonists, at which point the patient is no longer eligible for treatment and the period of treatment ceases; and where the following conditions apply: an adequate response is defined as an improvement from baseline of at least 2 in the patient's Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score and 1 of the following: (a) an erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measurement no greater than 25 mm per hour; or (b) a C‑reactive protein (CRP) measurement no greater than 10 mg per L; or (c) an ESR or CRP measurement reduced by at least 20% from baseline; all measurements provided are no more than 1 month old at the time of application; where only 1 acute phase reactant measurement is supplied to establish baseline in the first application for PBS‑subsidised treatment, that same marker is measured and supplied in all subsequent continuing treatment applications; the authority application is made in writing and includes a completed copy of the appropriate Ankylosing Spondylitis PBS Authority Application ‑ Supporting Information Form, and a measurement of response to the most recent prior course of therapy with infliximab; the response assessment included in the application is provided to the Chief Executive Medicare no later than 4 weeks from the cessation of the treatment course; if the most recent course of infliximab therapy is an 18‑week initial treatment course, the application for continuing treatment is accompanied by an assessment of response to a minimum of 12 weeks of treatment with that course; if the response assessment to a course of treatment is not submitted to the Chief Executive Medicare within the timeframes specified above, the patient will be deemed to have failed that course of treatment; a course of continuing treatment within an ongoing treatment cycle is limited to a maximum of 24 weeks of treatment; if less than 24 weeks of treatment is authorised when the written application is made, subsequent authority applications for supplies sufficient to enable the patient to complete a course of 24 weeks of treatment in total may be submitted by telephone | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
b)omit:
| C4698 | P4698 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Continuing treatment. Patient must have a documented history of severe active rheumatoid arthritis; AND Patient must have demonstrated an adequate response to treatment with infliximab; AND Patient must have received infliximab as their most recent course of PBS-subsidised biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) treatment; AND Patient must not receive more than 24 weeks of treatment per continuing treatment course authorised under this restriction; AND The treatment must be given concomitantly with methotrexate at a dose of at least 7.5 mg weekly. Patient must be aged 18 years or older. Must be treated by a rheumatologist; OR Must be treated by a clinical immunologist with expertise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. For the purposes of this restriction bDMARD means abatacept, adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab, rituximab or tocilizumab. An adequate response to treatment is defined as: an ESR no greater than 25 mm per hour or a CRP level no greater than 15 mg per L or either marker reduced by at least 20% from baseline; AND either of the following: (a) a reduction in the total active (swollen and tender) joint count by at least 50% from baseline, where baseline is at least 20 active joints; or (b) a reduction in the number of the following active joints, from at least 4, by at least 50%: (i) elbow, wrist, knee and/or ankle (assessed as swollen and tender); and/or (ii) shoulder and/or hip (assessed as pain in passive movement and restriction of passive movement, where pain and limitation of movement are due to active disease and not irreversible damage such as joint destruction or bony overgrowth). Where the baseline active joint count is based on total active joints (i.e. more than 20 active joints), response will be determined according to the reduction in the total number of active joints. Where the baseline is determined on total number of major joints, the response must be demonstrated on the total number of major joints. If only an ESR or CRP level is provided with the initial application, the same marker will be used to determine response. The authority application must be made in writing and must include: (1) a completed authority prescription form; and (2) a completed Rheumatoid Arthritis PBS Authority Application - Supporting Information Form. At the time of authority application, medical practitioners should request the appropriate number of vials to provide sufficient drug, based on the weight of the patient, for single infusion at a dose of 3 mg per kg. Up to a maximum of 2 repeats will be authorised. All applications for continuing treatment with infliximab must include a measurement of response to the prior course of therapy. This assessment must be submitted no later than 4 weeks from the cessation of that treatment course. If the application is the first application for continuing treatment with infliximab, it must be accompanied by an assessment of response to a minimum of 12 weeks of treatment with an initial treatment course. Where a response assessment is not undertaken and submitted within these timeframes, the patient will be deemed to have failed to respond to treatment with infliximab. If a patient fails to demonstrate a response to treatment with infliximab under this restriction they will not be eligible to receive further PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition. | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
c)omit:
| C4717 | P4717 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Initial treatment - Initial 2 (change or re-commencement of treatment after break of less than 24 months). Patient must have a documented history of severe active rheumatoid arthritis; AND Patient must have received prior PBS-subsidised biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) treatment for this condition and are eligible to receive further bDMARD therapy; AND Patient must not receive more than 22 weeks of treatment under this restriction; AND The treatment must be given concomitantly with methotrexate at a dose of at least 7.5 mg weekly. Patient must be aged 18 years or older. Must be treated by a rheumatologist; OR Must be treated by a clinical immunologist with expertise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. For the purposes of this restriction bDMARD means abatacept, adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab, rituximab or tocilizumab. The authority application must be made in writing and must include: (a) a completed authority prescription form; and (b) a completed Rheumatoid Arthritis PBS Authority Application - Supporting Information Form. At the time of authority application, medical practitioners should request the appropriate number of vials to provide sufficient drug, based on the weight of the patient, for single infusion at a dose of 3 mg per kg. Up to a maximum of 3 repeats will be authorised. Applications for a patient who has received PBS-subsidised treatment with infliximab and who wishes to re-commence therapy with this drug, must be accompanied by evidence of a response to the patient's most recent course of PBS-subsidised infliximab treatment, within the timeframes specified below. Where the most recent course of PBS-subsidised infliximab treatment was approved under either of the initial 1 or 2 treatment restrictions, the patient must have been assessed for response following a minimum of 12 weeks of therapy. This assessment must be submitted no later than 4 weeks from the date that course was ceased. Where the most recent course of PBS-subsidised infliximab treatment was approved under the continuing treatment criteria, the patient must have been assessed for response, and the assessment must be submitted no later than 4 weeks from the date that course was ceased. Where a response assessment is not undertaken and submitted within these timeframes, the patient will be deemed to have failed to respond to treatment with infliximab. If a patient fails to demonstrate a response to a treatment with infliximab under this restriction will not be eligible to receive further PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition. A patient who has demonstrated a response to a course of rituximab must have a PBS-subsidised biological therapy treatment-free period of at least 22 weeks, immediately following the second infusion, before swapping to an alternate bDMARD. An adequate response to treatment is defined as: an ESR no greater than 25 mm per hour or a CRP level no greater than 15 mg per L or either marker reduced by at least 20% from baseline; AND either of the following: (a) a reduction in the total active (swollen and tender) joint count by at least 50% from baseline, where baseline is at least 20 active joints; or (b) a reduction in the number of the following active joints, from at least 4, by at least 50%: (i) elbow, wrist, knee and/or ankle (assessed as swollen and tender); and/or (ii) shoulder and/or hip (assessed as pain in passive movement and restriction of passive movement, where pain and limitation of movement are due to active disease and not irreversible damage such as joint destruction or bony overgrowth). | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
d)omit:
| C4738 | P4738 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
e)insert in numerical order after C5377:
| C5440 | P5440 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Must be treated by a clinical immunologist with expertise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C5484 | P5484 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C5485 | P5485 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
Schedule 3, entry for Ivacaftor
substitute:
| Ivacaftor | C5492 | P5492 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Cystic fibrosis | Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures |
| C5507 | P5507 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Cystic fibrosis | Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures | |
| C5531 | P5531 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Cystic fibrosis | Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures |
Schedule 3, entry for Lanthanum
substitute:
| Lanthanum | C5454 | P5454 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a private hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures |
| C5530 | P5530 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a public hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 5530 |
Schedule 3, entry for Rituximab
substitute:
| Rituximab | C5494 | P5494 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C5501 | P5501 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures | |
| C5502 | P5502 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
Schedule 3, entry for Sevelamer
substitute:
| Sevelamer | C5454 | P5454 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a private hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures |
| C5530 | P5530 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a public hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 5530 |
Schedule 3, entry for Sucroferric oxyhydroxide
substitute:
| Sucroferric oxyhydroxide | C5454 | P5454 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a private hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures |
| C5530 | P5530 | Where a patient is receiving treatment at/from a public hospital Hyperphosphataemia | Compliance with Written or Telephone Authority Required procedures - Streamlined Authority Code 5530 |
Schedule 3, entry for Tocilizumab
a)omit:
| C4688 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Initial treatment - Initial 2 (change or re-commencement of treatment after break of less than 24 months). Patient must have received prior PBS-subsidised biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) treatment for this condition and are eligible to receive further bDMARD therapy; AND Patient must not receive more than 16 weeks of treatment under this restriction. Patient must be aged 18 years or older. Must be treated by a rheumatologist; OR | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C4729 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Initial treatment - Initial 1 (new patient or patient recommencing treatment after a break of more than 24 months) | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C4730 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis Must be treated by a rheumatologist; OR Must be treated by a clinical immunologist with expertise in the management of rheumatoid arthritis. | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
b)insert in numerical order after C4673:
| C5481 | P5481 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C5497 | P5497 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
| C5505 | P5505 | Where the patient is receiving treatment at/from a private or public hospital Severe active rheumatoid arthritis | Compliance with modified Authority Required procedures |
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