September 2025
News
In this issue
| September 2025 Late Addendum – Lentocillin S 1200 (Portugal) |
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| September 2025 - Denpax and Fenpatch PBS Item Deletions. |
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| Join us at Pharmacy Connect |
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| Is your pharmacy missing out on eScript orders? |
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| Reminder: Services Australia PRODA B2B Device expiry |
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| This Month's PBS Changes |
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September 2025 Late Addendum – Lentocillin S 1200 (Portugal)
There is a critical shortage of Benzathine Benzylpenicillin currently in effect. Please refer to TGA page: About the shortage of Bicillin L-A (benzathine benzylpenicillin tetrahydrate) prefilled syringe for injection | Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for information.
To address this shortage, PBS have made a late amendment to allow for the addition of a brand “Lentocilin S 1200 (Portugal)” to the PBS Schedule for the drug benzathine benzylpenicillin commencing 1 September 2025 .
Please refer to attached addendum for more information.
September 2025 - Denpax and Fenpatch PBS Item Deletions.
The following item codes for Denpax and Fenpatch have been delisted from PBS as of 1st September 2025.
General
5265D FENTANYL, fentanyl 12 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
5437E FENTANYL, fentanyl 12 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 12)
5277R FENTANYL, fentanyl 25 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
5438F FENTANYL, fentanyl 25 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 25)
5278T FENTANYL, fentanyl 50 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
5279W FENTANYL, fentanyl 75 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
5439G FENTANYL, fentanyl 50 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 50)
5280X FENTANYL, fentanyl 100 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
5440H FENTANYL, fentanyl 75 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 75)
5441J FENTANYL, fentanyl 100 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 100)
Palliative
12491K FENTANYL, fentanyl 12 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
12530L FENTANYL, fentanyl 12 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 12)
12516R FENTANYL, fentanyl 25 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
12521B FENTANYL, fentanyl 25 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 25)
12546H FENTANYL, fentanyl 50 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
12526G FENTANYL, fentanyl 75 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
12513N FENTANYL, fentanyl 50 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 50)
12533P FENTANYL, fentanyl 100 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Denpax)
12517T FENTANYL, fentanyl 75 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 75)
12480W FENTANYL, fentanyl 100 microgram/hour patch, 5 (Fenpatch 100)
The Department of Health and Aging have advised that prescriptions for Denpax and Fenpatch written prior to 1st September will be valid for claiming against the remaining brands of these patches – APO and Sandoz. Patients will not be required to obtain new prescriptions from their prescriber.
Join us at Pharmacy Connect
See new MedView Digital Baskets in action, new solutions, and the latest Fred Marketplace integrations plus more. Visit Fred and MedView on stands 67 & 68 from 3-5 September.
Thu 4 Sep 2025 12.15pm-1.00pm | Grand Ballroom 2
Digital Health: The next five years for pharmacy and the innovation making the eScript ecosystem easier for you and your customers.
The May 2023 federal budget revealed a $1.1 billion investment to update the digital health infrastructure and to transform My Health Record into a more data-rich platform. With pharmacists expanding their roles, this session will outline how this digital investment and many others can enhance health outcomes for Australians. The session will also highlight the key piece of innovation that will enable pharmacies to receive an eScript easily and allow customers timely access to their medicines. It will further explore the implications for pharmacists and provide tips to ensure your pharmacy can deliver the evolving digital advances in pharmacy, easily. The goal is to use technology in pharmacy to improve medication safety.
Speaker: Regina Cowie – Partnerships Manager eHealth, Fred IT Group
Is your pharmacy missing out on eScript orders?
There are now a number of medication management apps and services available for patients to conveniently send their script orders to pharmacies, many of which are free and readily accessible. The MedView Flow Pro subscription service receives scripts from all patient apps and script ordering services.
The following services seamlessly deliver script orders directly to your MedView Flow queue.
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MedView Patient Connect offers fast and easy token ordering. Patients can simply order scripts directly via their email or SMS token - no app download required
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Scripty is one of many medication apps available. It is free to use, and patients can order scripts from their tokens or their Active Script List.
To compare the MedView Flow subscription plans, see MedView Flow Subscription Settings in MedView Online Help.
Reminder: Services Australia PRODA B2B Device expiry
To avoid disruption to your Services Australia PBS Online claiming, you’ll need to extend your B2B Device in your PRODA account before it expires.
You’ll need to extend your B2B device with PRODA at least every 6 months.
Fred Dispense will warn you of the impending expiry at the following time intervals:
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30 days from expiry
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14 days from expiry
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Every day from 7 days to the expiry day.
For more information on how to do this, refer to: Managing B2B Devices in PRODA - PRODA (Provider Digital Access) on the Services Australia website or call Services Australia on 1800 700 199.
This Month's PBS Changes
For the full Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits, go to the PBS website at http://www.pbs.gov.au/ where you can search the schedule by drug name.
For your convenience, we've also uploaded a printable summary of this month's important PBS changes to this site.
For Highly Specialised Drugs (HSD) items (CAR and non-CAR), please refer to the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits as well as Services Australia to confirm whether the PBS item code for a HSD is eligible to be dispensed and claimed by your pharmacy type.