Disease Modifying Treatment Special Authority Criteria

New Special Authority criteria

From 1 July 2022, funded access to the eight funded MS treatments will be amended in Section B (the Community) of the Pharmaceutical Schedule. Equivalent changes will also be made in Part II of Section H (the Hospital Medicines List) of the Pharmaceutical Schedule. The new criteria will be:

Special Authority for Subsidy

Initial application – (Multiple sclerosis) from a neurologist or general physician.

Approvals valid for 12 months for applications meeting the following criteria:

All of the following:

For more information visit the PHARMAC website

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