Disease index

CML

Haematology · 2007–2026

12decisions
4medicines
4carried consumer input
7individual submissions

Every decision

MedicineMeetingOutcomeConsumer input
asciminib Addition of nurse practitioners as eligible prescribers for continuing treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic or… Mar 2026 Recommended with restriction 2 individuals
asciminib Treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase who have been previously treated with two or… Jul 2022 Not recommended input received Leukaemia Foundation · Leukemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia
asciminib Treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (Ph+ CML) in chronic phase who have been previously treated with two or… Nov 2022 Recommended with restriction none received
ponatinib Treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in patients with T315I mutation who have failed prior therapy, or in patients where both nilotinib and dasatinib… Nov 2018 Recommended with restriction none received
dasatinib First-line treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia in the chronic phase. Jul 2016 Recommended with restriction 3 individuals
ponatinib Treatment of adult patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) who have failed second-line TKI therapy or have the T315I mutation, and relapsed or refractory… Jul 2015 Recommended with restriction 2 individuals
dasatinib Amendment to first-line PBS restriction for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) chronic phase to allow second and subsequent Authority required applications to be… Jul 2014 Not recommended none received
dasatinib Treatment of newly diagnosed patients in the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) expressing the Philadelphia chromosome or bcr-abl tyrosine kinase. Jul 2011 Recommended with restriction unclear
nilotinib First-line treatment of newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukaemia in chronic phase (Ph+ CML-CP). Jul 2011 Recommended with restriction unclear
nilotinib Chronic phase and accelerated phase Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in adult patients intolerant of, or resistant to at least… Mar 2008 Recommended with restriction no section in document
dasatinib Treatment of all phases of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in adult patients expressing the Philadelphia chromosome or transcript, bcr-abl tyrosine kinase, who… Mar 2007 Recommended with restriction no section in document
dasatinib Treatment of all phases of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in adult patients expressing the Philadelphia chromosome or transcript, bcr-abl tyrosine kinase, who… Mar 2007 Recommended with restriction no section in document

Who spoke

Leukaemia Foundation · Leukemia Foundation · Rare Cancers Australia

What the PBS pays

$108M in government benefit over 2024–25, across 44,963 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
asciminib $27.3M
Dasatinib $25.6M
dasatinib $25.6M
nilotinib $24.6M
ponatinib $5M

Appraised elsewhere

NICE, in England and Wales, has appraised 6 technologies for this condition, recommending 5 . 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
asciminibAsciminib for treating chronic myeloid leukaemia after 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors TA813 recommended restricted 2022-08
bosutinibBosutinib for untreated chronic myeloid leukaemia (terminated appraisal) TA576 terminated 2019-04
dasatinib nilotinib and high dose imatinibDasatinib, nilotinib and high-dose imatinib for treating imatinib-resistant or intolerant chronic myeloid leukaemia TA425 recommended restricted 2016-12
dasatinib nilotinib and imatinibDasatinib, nilotinib and imatinib for untreated chronic myeloid leukaemia TA426 recommended restricted 2016-12
bosutinibBosutinib for previously treated chronic myeloid leukaemia TA401 recommended 2016-08
guidance on the use of imatinibGuidance on the use of imatinib for chronic myeloid leukaemia TA70 recommended 2003-10

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
busulfanAPO-Busulfan busulfan 60mg/10mL injection vial 1999 7
mitozantroneMITOZANTRONE EBEWE mitozantrone (as hydrochloride) 10mg/5mL solution f 2001 6
hydroxycarbamideHYDREA hydroxycarbamide 500 mg capsule bottle 1994 3
bosutinibBOSULIF bosutinib 100 mg tablet blister pack 2014 2

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: 4 of 7 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.