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Tecentriq (Atezolizumab)

atezolizumab 840 mg/14 mL injection, 14 mL vial · INJECTION · PBS code 11940K

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What it costs

AU$4723.15 PBS-determined price per pack

Most patients pay only the standard PBS co-payment, not the full price above — up to AU$25.00 per script (general) or AU$7.70 (concession/Safety Net) in 2026. The figure above is what the PBS pays the pharmacy; the Australian Government subsidises the rest. Always confirm the current amount with your pharmacist.

  • • First listed on the PBS: 2020-04-01.
  • • Repeats: 3.
  • • PBS program: IN.
Eligibility criteria for subsidised access

The following is the government's own wording from the PBS Schedule, shown unchanged.

Listing of Pharmaceutical Benefits (NHL) - Schedule 4 part 1

Locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer


Initial treatment - 4 weekly treatment regimen


Patient must not have received prior treatment with a programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor or a programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitor for this condition; AND

Patient must have a WHO performance status of 0 or 1; AND

The treatment must be the sole PBS-subsidised therapy for this condition; AND

The condition must have progressed on or after prior platinum based chemotherapy; or

The condition must have progressed after treatment with a prior targeted therapy PBS-listed for this condition.

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Not medical advice. Voxsanity republishes public PBS data in plain English. PBS listing status and criteria can change; always confirm current subsidised availability with your doctor or pharmacist.

Source: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), © Commonwealth of Australia. Data used and redistributed under permission; not modified from its original wording where displayed verbatim.