[Discussion] New Zealand is doing more work than we give it credit for
New Zealand is doing more work than we give it credit for, which sounds obvious until you try to state the evidence for it.
The compounded arrangements changed while I was mid-thread and I was arguing from a superseded position.
The two decisions that this whole board turns on, kept apart.
Registration means a product may lawfully be supplied. Subsidy listing means the public system will fund it, for a defined indication, against published criteria. They are made by different bodies on different timetables, and a product can be registered and unsubsidised for a given use for a long time.
Almost every "why can I not get this" thread here is really a question about the second decision being answered with facts about the first. Say which one you are asking about and the thread resolves in two replies.
Someone posted US advice in an Australian thread and it took four replies to untangle it. Say your country.
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
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.
Kept the script and the receipt for a private health claim and both were requested.
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Small fix — that is the New Zealand arrangement, and the question is about Australia.
ask the pharmacy to check the wholesaler rather than guessing
Assumed the New Zealand position applied here. It does not, and someone corrected me politely with the actual source.
Checked the shortage database myself instead of reading the coverage. Expected resolution date was right there and the panic thread was wrong.
Is this about registration or about subsidy?
Correction: that is the registration decision, not the subsidy listing. They are made by different bodies.
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.
Pharmacy staff name removed; the pharmacy itself can stay in a pricing post.
the price you pay depends on the listing status of your indication
Agreed that the published criteria are the authority. They are searchable and most people never look.
Asked the pharmacist to check the wholesaler and had a definite answer in about four minutes.
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