Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988:reg:85b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00988
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 85B
Character Range: 154511–155452

85B  Usual demand for a brand
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 99AEKC(5) of the Act, the usual demand for a brand of a pharmaceutical item for a month in a data collection period for that brand is the number of packs of the brand supplied during the data collection period (the reference period) before the previous data collection period for the brand divided by the number of months in the reference period.
 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the number of packs of the brand supplied during a data collection period is taken to be:
 (a) the number provided in accordance with paragraph 85(2)(h) for that brand for that period; and
 (b) adjusted as if the size of the pack equals the pricing quantity of the brand.
 (3) If a brand of a pharmaceutical item is not a listed brand in the reference period referred to in subsection (1), the usual demand for the brand for the month referred to in that subsection is taken to be zero.