What you need to know
You will receive the outcome of the suitability stage in the Health Products Portal.
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The notification will tell you:
- why your application was unsuitable
- if it has been referred to a policy area or another committee or group and what the next steps are
- what your options are
- who to contact if you have any questions.
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The notification will tell you:
- the assessment pathway for your application
- your application number – use this in all communication about your application
- the next steps for your application and key dates and deadlines
- the proposed meeting dates to consider your application
- who your application manager is and their contact details.
Where relevant, the notification also tells you if:
- we will assess your application as a high cost, highly specialised therapy (HST)
- our secretariat will manage your PBAC codependent application as integrated or streamlined.
What you need to do
Unsuitable applications
If you have any questions about the outcome, contact our secretariat.
Suitable applications
Reply to the notification email by the due date to confirm:
- you want to proceed on the assigned pathway (contact our secretariat if you have any concerns)
- the proposed meeting dates to consider your application (if feasible, our secretariat will have proposed the same meeting dates you chose in your application form).
If the proposed dates do not work for you:
- go to key dates for applicants to see the other meeting dates and the related deadlines
- consider which dates suit you
- include the dates in your reply email.
Your application manager will discuss with you to agree on the most suitable date.
Next steps
The next steps depend on whether your application is on the standard, expedited or direct pathway.
Standard pathway
In the next step, our secretariat will contract a health technology assessment (HTA) group to draft a PICO confirmation for your application.
About 11 weeks before the PICO Advisory Subcommittee (PASC) meeting at which your application will be considered, our secretariat will also publish:
- your redacted application form and PICO set on an application page
- the relevant PASC meeting agenda.
This will start consultation on your application.
Expedited or direct pathway
For applications on the expedited or direct pathway, this step ends the pre-assessment phase. The assessment phase of the MSAC process will not begin until an assessment report is lodged for your application. If:
- you plan to lodge an applicant-developed assessment report (ADAR) – the next step is to develop an ADAR
- our secretariat has agreed to a department-contracted assessment report (DCAR) – they will contract an HTA group to develop a DCAR.
Contact
Contact your application manager or our secretariat if you have any questions.
