[Discussion] can we stop arguing about New Zealand until somebody posts a number
Question in the title, detail here: can we stop arguing about New Zealand until somebody posts a number.
Registration by the therapeutic goods regulator establishes that a product may be supplied. Subsidy listing is a separate decision about public funding, with its own criteria and its own timetable.
Compounded supply arrangements have changed materially in recent years. Advice predating that change describes a situation that no longer applies.
Australia and New Zealand have different regulators, different funding bodies and different arrangements. An answer for one is not evidence about the other.
If somebody has the same thing measured a different way, post it next to mine and we will see whether they agree.
best — the order this archive was captured in
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
Flagged as describing the superseded compounded arrangements — left up with a note rather than removed.
Adding the quickest step — ask the pharmacist to check the wholesaler.
Personal importation provisions exist, are narrow, and carry conditions. Any summary of them here should be checked against the current official wording rather than a forum post.
Are you quoting advice from before the compounded arrangements changed?
Someone posted US advice in an Australian thread and it took four replies to untangle it. Say your country.
[deleted]
Same. Private pricing varies here as much as anywhere and people assume it is fixed.
the TGA shortage database is public and it is the source, not the news
ask the pharmacy to check the wholesaler rather than guessing
the price you pay depends on the listing status of your indication
Pharmacy-level availability and national supply are different questions: a pharmacy can be out while the wholesaler is not, and the pharmacist can check in minutes.
That is a pharmacy-level stock issue rather than a national supply issue. They feel identical and are not.
PBS-subsidised or private script?
Correction: that is the registration decision, not the subsidy listing. They are made by different bodies.
Not convinced. That is the New Zealand position and the thread is asking about Australia.
Asked the pharmacist to check the wholesaler and had a definite answer in about four minutes.
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
Did the pharmacy check with the wholesaler, or is that a shelf observation?
- 1Pharmacy-level availability and national supply are different questions: a…8 comments in this branch · started by u/usp_appendix
- 2Someone posted US advice in an Australian thread and it took four replies to…6 comments in this branch · started by u/gentle_correction