Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC)

1168 - Injection of Botulinum Toxin (Botox) for Prophylaxis of Headaches in Adults with Chronic Migraine

Assessment No.

1168
Application NameInjection of Botulinum Toxin (Botox) for Prophylaxis of Headaches in Adults with Chronic Migraine
Description Of Intervention
Description Of Disease
Disease Group
Disease sub Group
Intervention Category
Intervention Type
Intervention Sub Type
Stage 2 - Eligibility22 June 2011
Proposed DAP Received22 June 2011
Stage 3 - 1st PASC Date of released for comment 27 January 2012
Consultation Decision Analytic Protocol (DAP) to guide the assessment of Injection of BOTULINUM TOXIN (Botox) for prophylaxis of headaches in adults with chronic migraine. (PDF 284 KB)
Date closed for comments 10 March 2012
Stage 3 - Public Commentestimated April 2012
Stage 3 - 2nd PASC12-13 April 2012

Final Decision Analytic Protocol ( DAP) to guide the assessment of Injection of BOTULINUM TOXIN (Botox) for prophylaxis of headaches in adults with chronic migraine (PDF 1351 KB)
Assessment TypeSubmission Based
Stage 4 - Submission of Collated EvidenceReceived 14 June 2012
Stage 5 - ESC evaluation11-12 October 2012
Stage 6 - MSAC Appraisal29-30 November 2012
Stage 6 - MSAC adviceMSAC Minutes for 1168 from November 2012 (PDF 105 KB)
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: 27 January, 2012

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