Disease index

anaemia of chronic kidney disease

Haematology · 2009–2017

4decisions
2medicines
0carried consumer input
0individual submissions

No submission for this condition has carried consumer input, including the one made since the comments facility came into use.

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
epoetin lambda Treatment of anaemia associated with intrinsic renal disease. The submission sought to allow subcutaneous administration in addition to the previously… Jul 2017 Recommended none received
epoetin lambda Treatment of anaemia requiring transfusion (haemoglobin level less than 100 g per L) where intrinsic renal disease is the primary cause. Jul 2010 Recommended with restriction no section in document
epoetin lambda Treatment of anaemia requiring transfusion (haemoglobin level less than 100 g per L) where intrinsic renal disease, assessed by a nephrologist, is the primary… Jul 2010 Recommended with restriction no section in document
methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta Treatment of anaemia requiring transfusion (haemoglobin < 100 g/L) where intrinsic renal disease is the primary cause, in the context of chronic kidney disease. Nov 2009 Recommended with restriction no section in document

What the PBS pays

$58M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 61,477 services.

This is spend on the medicines considered for this condition, not spend on the disease. A medicine used for several conditions is counted in full under each, so figures across conditions add to more than national PBS expenditure.

MedicineGovernment benefit
methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta $50.4M
epoetin lambda $7.5M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 2 technologies for this condition, recommending 2 . A different committee, a different population and a different price: this is what has been looked at there, not a verdict on what happened here.

TechnologyAppraisalOutcomeDate
vadadustatVadadustat for treating symptomatic anaemia in adults having dialysis for chronic kidney disease TA1035 recommended restricted 2025-01
roxadustatRoxadustat for treating symptomatic anaemia in chronic kidney disease TA807 recommended restricted 2022-07

Registered, not subsidised

Medicines on the ARTG for this condition with no PBAC record at all. Registration and subsidy are separate decisions: a medicine can be legally available in Australia and never have been put to the committee.

MedicineOn the ARTG sinceRegistrations
epoetin betaNEORECORMON epoetin beta (rch) 10 000 IU/0.6 mL injection syringe 2006 6

The ARTG export holds current registrations only, so the year is the earliest entry still on the register rather than a first-registration date. The condition here comes from the registered label, which is usually broader than the population a sponsor asks to have subsidised.

Conditions are classified by a language model from the indication text of each submission, so an individual label here can be wrong. Consumer input is read from the document's own consumer comments section: 0 of 1 decisions since 2014 carried some. Silence means no comment reached the committee through that facility, not that nobody was affected. More on how this was built.