The first meeting of the reinvigorated AMWG occurred on Monday 16 June 2014.

The purpose of the meeting was to agree the objectives, membership, structure and governance of the AMWG and sub-groups. The AMWG agreed the membership at this point in time is constituted by Medicines Australia and the Department, but agreed that consultation with other stakeholders such as the generic industry will be required when issues may impact on them.

The AMWG agreed the group and subgroup structure to operationalise the AMWG objectives.

Both parties committed best endeavours to complete the first four projects on the AMWG agenda within a six month timeframe with regular meetings to occur at a reasonable and agreed frequency to ensure progress.

The first four projects proposed for work to December 2014 are:

• Managed entry scheme
• Section 99ACB of the National Health Act
• Transparency of PBS processes, and
• Post-market reviews

Progress will be reported to the Minister for Health at appropriate intervals.

For more details, go to: http://www.pbs.gov.au/info/news/2014/07/amwg-16-june-2014