Planned maintenance: The ODC Business service within the Health Business Services (HBS) portal will be unavailable from 7:00 pm AEST Thursday 23 July 2026 until 7:00 am AEST Friday 24 July 2026. All other services will remain available during this period.
Information for medical practitioners and pharmacists who need to access, prescribe or import unapproved medicines containing controlled substances in Australia. This includes medicines supplied through the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Special Access Scheme (SAS) and Authorised Prescriber (AP) pathways.
Health professionals may need approvals from both the TGA and the Office of Drug Control (ODC), depending on the medicine and the controlled substances it contains.