Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

1175-Testing for HER-2 status in Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (stage IIIA-IV) to Access lapatinib

Assessment No

1175

Application Name1175 - Testing for HER-2 status in Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer (stage IIIA-IV) to Access lapatinib
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Received
Stage 2 - Eligibility21 September 2011
Proposed DAP Received31 August 2011
Stage 3 - 1st PASC 1-2 December 2012
Stage 3 – Release for Public CommentDate of released for comment 27 January 2012
Consultation Decision Analytic Protocol (DAP) to guide the assessment of HER2 testing for access to lapatinib in advanced or metastatic breast cancer (PDF 473 KB)
Date of closed for comments 10 March 2012
Stage 3 - 2nd PASC12-13 April 2012
Final Decision Analytic Protocol ( DAP) for 1175 - Testing for HER-2 status in advanced or metastatic breast cancer (stage IIIA-IV) to access lapatinib (PDF 1545 KB)
Assessment TypeSubmission Based Assessment expected
Stage 4 - Submission of Collated Evidenceawaiting evidence submission
Stage 5 - ESC evaluation
Stage 6 - MSAC Appraisal
Stage 6 - MSAC advice
Stage 7 - Noting by Minister
  • advice is not communicated to the Minister until the Minutes of the relevant meeting have been ratified by MSAC members (which may take several weeks)
  • the Minister needs time to properly consider MSAC's advice (and may choose to seek further policy advice from the department before noting the advice)
  • a Government decision to list a service supported by MSAC is taken in the context of other Government priorities: MSAC's support of an application for public funding does not oblige the Government to list the service on the MBS
Stage 8 - Implementation

Page currency, Latest update: 21 November, 2011

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