Active-ingredient Dossier

Famciclovir

Active-ingredient Dossier for Famciclovir (antiviral agent). Australian brands, products, PBS listings, PBAC outcomes — compiled by arcimedes.

What is

Famciclovir Famciclovir is an antiviral agent.

Australian brands containing

Famciclovir — FAMVIR — FAMCICLOVIR- — APO-FAMCICLOVIR — ELOVAX — EZOVIR — FAMCICLOVIR- WGR — FAVIC

Therapeutic areas

Famciclovir is registered in Infectious Disease, with 19 brands containing the ingredient on the ARTG.

Sponsor landscape

Famciclovir is marketed by six sponsors: Arrotex Pharmaceuticals, Atnahs Pharma, Neo Health (OTC), GM Pharma, Southern Cross Pharma, and Noumed Pharmaceuticals.

PBS and regulatory activity

One brand containing famciclovir has PBS-listed items, with the latest PBS schedule date of 1 May 2026. In the 2013–14 financial year, famciclovir products generated government expenditure of $40.7 million across 197,597 scripts. The latest PBAC outcome on record is from 1 November 2006, and no AusPARs are recorded for this ingredient.