Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158:clause:4_1:p108
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 1 (pt 108/381)
Character Range: 12218474–12225102

approvals for sufficient repeats to complete 24 weeks treatment may be requested by telephone or electronically via the Online PBS Authorities system and authorised through the Balance of Supply treatment phase PBS restriction. Under no circumstances will immediate assessment approvals be granted for continuing authority applications, or for treatment that would otherwise extend the continuing treatment period.
C11915              P11915         CN11915          Tofacitinib                                                                                                     Moderate to severe ulcerative colitis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Compliance with Written Authority Required procedures
                                                                                                                                                                    Initial treatment - Initial 2 (change or re-commencement of treatment after a break in biological medicine of less than 5 years)
                                                                                                                                                                    Must be treated by a gastroenterologist (code 87); or
                                                                                                                                                                    Must be treated by a consultant physician [internal medicine specialising in gastroenterology (code 81)]; or
                                                                                                                                                                    Must be treated by a consultant physician [general medicine specialising in gastroenterology (code 82)]; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have received prior PBS-subsidised treatment with a biological medicine for this condition in this treatment cycle; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must not have already failed, or ceased to respond to, PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition during the current treatment cycle;
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must be aged 18 years or older.
                                                                                                                                                                    The authority application must be made in writing and must include
                                                                                                                                                                    (1) a completed authority prescription form; and
                                                                                                                                                                    (2) a completed authority application form relevant to the indication and treatment phase (the latest version is located on the website specified in the Administrative Advice), which includes
                                                                                                                                                                    (i) the completed current Mayo clinic or partial Mayo clinic calculation sheet including the date of assessment of the patient's condition if relevant; and
                                                                                                                                                                    (ii) the details of prior biological medicine treatment including the details of date and duration of treatment.
                                                                                                                                                                    An assessment of a patient's response to this initial course of treatment must be conducted between 8 and 16 weeks of therapy.
                                                                                                                                                                    Where a response assessment is not conducted within the required timeframe, the patient will be deemed to have failed to respond to treatment with this drug, unless the patient has experienced a serious adverse reaction of a severity resulting in the necessity for permanent withdrawal of treatment.
                                                                                                                                                                    If a patient fails to demonstrate a response to treatment with this drug they will not be eligible to receive further PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug for this condition within this treatment cycle. Serious adverse reaction of a severity resulting in the necessity for permanent withdrawal of treatment is not considered as a treatment failure.
                                                                                                                                                                    A patient who fails to demonstrate a response to treatment with this drug under this restriction will not be eligible to receive further PBS-subsidised treatment with this drug in this treatment cycle. A patient may re-trial this drug after a minimum of 5 years have elapsed between the date the last prescription for a PBS-subsidised biological