Pharmaceutical Benefits

Follow the links below to find information on pharmaceutical benefits.

For specific information on Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme , follow the link to the HealthInsite topic page below.

For Australian Government media releases about pharmaceutical benefits go to the Department of Health and Ageing's Media Centre.  

Reviewed January 2008

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Title:   Repatriation Health and Pharmaceutical Cards
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information about the three types of repatriation health and pharmaceutical cards issued by DVA for eligible veterans and dependants
Title:   Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This site provides information about the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority and how a pharmacist can apply for approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits at particular premises.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Medicines for cardiovascular health: are they used appropriately?
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Covers trends in prescription and supply of these medicines, patterns of supply by geographic area and patient socioeconomic level, whether patients take medicines as intended, adverse events associated with these medicines, initiatives to improve the quality of use of medicines, and government expenditure.
Date:   May 2007
Title:   Generics (Comments for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Some drug companies make copies of the medicines made by other companies. These copies are called generics. The company making a generic has usually not had to do any research to discover the medicine. This means it can sell the generic for a lower price than the company which has a lot of research costs.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Frequently asked questions about generic medicines
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In Australia, generic products must be bioequivalent to the innovator brand name product, or the market leader, before they are approved. Australia has rigorous scientifically-based evaluation procedures for generic medicines based on the internationally accepted principle of bioequivalence.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Public Summary Documents explained
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information regarding the availability, purpose and structure of PBAC Public Summary Documents.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Managing medicines
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   For those with a serious illness, managing medicines is an important task.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Top 10 drugs
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   These tables show the top 10 subsidised drugs in 2005-06.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   How prescription drugs are developed
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Modern drug development is a risky business both for pharmaceutical companies and patients. Many thousands of promising compounds need to be tested.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Implementing the Post-PBAC Review
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A communique regarding the implementation of the Post Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (pPBAC) Review.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Major Health Programs, 2006
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information about access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to major health programs - 2006
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   PharmBiz
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on the implementation of the review of Post Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (pPBAC) Processes plus links to the report, communiques and contact details.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Submission to the Professional Programs and Services Advisory Committee - Research and Development Program Priorities under the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement (1 December 2005 - 30 June 2010)
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF made a submission to the Professional Programs and Services Advisory Committee (PPSAC), established by the Department of Health and Ageing, on research priority areas under the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Human growth hormone application and guidelines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains the downloadable PDF of the Human Growth Hormone (HgH) Application form and Guidelines
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Guidelines for Ministerial discretion
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide advice to pharmacists who are considering making a Request of the Minister for Health and Ageing to exercise the Discretionary Power under subsection 90A(2) of the National Health Act 1953 (NHA). Issued by the Minister for Health and Ageing, June 2006.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Value of current system of community pharmacy
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Community pharmacies provide valuable advice about medicines and health care under current pharmacy ownership rules.
Date:   Jan 2006
Title:   Transparency - in the eye of the beholder?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   The Editorial Executive Committee of the Australian Prescirber express their concern about the increasing difficulty of obtaining good information on new drugs.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Two-way transparency
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   For several years there have been complaints about the transparency of the Australian drug regulatory system. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has been working with the pharmaceutical industry to address some of these criticisms.
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   National Competition Policy Review
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The following page contains information on the National Competition Policy Review of Pharmacy Legislation.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This section of the website provides details on the health-aspects of the Australia - United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), as well as some links to other useful information.
Date:   Mar 2005
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