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Australia’s PBAC Recommends New and Amended PBS Listings for AbbVie’s Humira®; BMS’ Opdivo® Rejected for NSCLC

Jan 31, 2025

On 31 January 2025, Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) published the outcomes considered at its December 2024 intracycle meeting.

Abbvie’s Humira® (adalimumab) received a number of recommendations, including:

  • new PBS listings for enthesitis/spondylitis related JIA and chronic plaque psoriasis for paediatric patients; and
  • amended PBS listings for moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and severe Crohn’s disease to allow dose escalation and more flexible dosing.

This follows PBS-listing of Sandoz’s high concentration adalimumab biosimilar, Hyrimoz®, in January 2025.

BMS’ PBS submission for Opdivo® (nivolumab) for the perioperative treatment of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was not recommended.  BMS has requested a post-PBAC meeting to look for a pathway to achieve PBS-listing for this indication.

Opdivo® is currently under review by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatocellular carcinoma that cannot be removed surgically.