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Recommendation made by the extraordinary PBAC meeting - March 2006
Recommendation made by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) at an extraordinary March 2006 Meeting relating to the listing of Insulin glargine on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)
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March 2006 Extraordinary Meeting PBAC Outcomes - Positive Recommendation
Drug and Form | Drug Use and Type | Listing Requested by Sponsor | PBAC Recommendation |
| Insulin glargine, injection, 100 units per mL, 10 mL vials and 3 mL x 5 cartridges, Lantus® | Treatment for diabetes | Unrestricted listing | The PBAC recommended the listing of insulin glargine as an unrestricted benefit on the basis that the clinical benefit over NPH insulin (improvement in hypoglycaemic event rates) in a population which cannot be defined effectively, but which is likely to include those with a high level of need, was cost-effective at the new price proposed. |
 | | Sponsor’s comments | Sanofi-aventis is pleased that we have been able to reach agreement with the PBAC. The efforts of both PBAC and sanofi-aventis have been in good faith and we look forward to the positive recommendation of the PBAC being accepted by the Government in the near future. |
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