This document includes:
- overview of remuneration and funding
- Commonwealth price
- Proposed legislated payment mechanism
- charges for pharmaceutical benefits below maximum co-payment
- availability of PBS medicines in pharmacy
- payment claim acknowledgement and payment times
- community pharmacy programs
- other commitments by the Australian Government and the Pharmacy Guild
- indexation
- consumer medicines information
- consultation
- issue resolution
- interpretation
- definitions
- appendices.
About this resource
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Publication type:
Agreement
Language:
English
Addendum to the 8CPA
The Addendum to the 8CPA was agreed on 12 June 2026 to:
- change the wholesale mark-up for medicines dispensed by pharmacists from 1 July 2026, and
- adjust the remuneration paid to pharmacists to offset the effects of this change.