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The February 2014 DVD Full Installation includes:

Additions to the PBS:

  • APO-Cefaclor (Cefaclor monohydrate) Apotex (8b)
    125 mg/5 mL 100 mL [1]: PBS/RPBS
    250 mg/5 mL 75 mL [1]: PBS/RPBS
  • APO-Sotalol (Sotalol hydrochloride) Apotex (2d)
    80 mg [60]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    160 mg [60]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Budenofalk Enema (Budesonide) Orphan (1d)
    2 mg/application 14 applications [2]: PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Crosuva (Rosuvastatin) Actavis (2f)
    5 mg [30]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    10 mg [30]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    20 mg [30]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    40 mg [30]: Restricted - PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Nesina Met 12.5 mg/500 mg Tablets (Alogliptin; metformin hydrochloride) Takeda Pharmaceuticals (6e)
    12.5 mg/500 mg [56]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    12.5 mg/850 mg [56]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)
    12.5 mg/1000 mg [56]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Orion Temozolomide (temozolomide) Perrigo Australia (9a)
    180 mg [5]: Authority - PBS/RPBS
  • Piax (clopidogrel) Alphapharm (2k)
    75 mg [28]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)

 

Restriction and Note Changes:

  • Juvicor 100/10 (sitagliptin; simvastatin) Merck Sharp & Dohme (6e)
    [28]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Juvicor 100/20 (sitagliptin; simvastatin) Merck Sharp & Dohme (6e)
    [28]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)
  • Juvicor 100/40 (sitagliptin; simvastatin) Merck Sharp & Dohme (6e)
    [28]: Authority (Streamlined) - PBS/RPBS (NP)

 

Authority required (STREAMLINED) Code Changes:

  • Aredia (disodium pamidronate) Novartis (6g)
    30 mg (+ 10 mL solv.) [2]: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals
    90 mg (+ 10 mL solv.) [1]: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals
  • Pamisol (disodium pamidronate) Hospira (6g)
    15 mg/5 mL [1] x 4: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals
    30 mg/10 mL [1] x 2: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals
    60 mg/10 mL [1]: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals
    90 mg/10 mL [1]: Section 100 - Highly Specialised Drugs Public Hospitals

 

the latest MIMS Medicine Information

  • Over 95 updates or additions to the MIMS listings

New listings include:

  • Aleviate (Factor VIII; von Willebrand factor) CSL Limited (2l)
  • Benlysta (belimumab) GlaxoSmithKline Australia (10c)
  • Crosuva (Rosuvastatin) Actavis (2f)
  • Duro-Tuss Chesty Cough Forte Tablets (Bromhexine hydrochloride; guaifenesin) iNova (11a)
  • Duro-Tuss Chesty Cough Liquid Bromhexine (Bromhexine hydrochloride) iNova (11a)
  • Duro-Tuss Children's Cough Liquid (Hedera helix; lactoferrin, bovine) iNova (22g)
  • Gliolan (Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride) Specialised Therapeutics (17d)
  • Intragam 10 NF (Immunoglobulin, normal (human)) CSL Limited (10b)
  • Lice Breaker Naturals Head Lice Solution with Conditioner (Melaleuca oil) iNova (15h)
  • Mirtazapine-GA 45 mg (Mirtazapine) Merck Sharp & Dohme (3d)
  • Nesina Met (Alogliptin; metformin hydrochloride) Takeda Pharmaceuticals (6e)
  • Sandoz Analgesic/Calmative (Codeine phosphate; doxylamine succinate; paracetamol) Sandoz (4c)
  • Sandoz Ibuprofen Plus Codeine (Codeine phosphate; ibuprofen) Sandoz (4c)
  • Sandoz Paracetamol Plus Codeine (Codeine phosphate; paracetamol) Sandoz (4c)

 

the latest MIMS DrugAlert data

 

the latest CMIs

  • Over 60 updates or additions to the collection