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Justification for the exclusion of commercial clinical trials

Julie Jones made this Official Information request to Accident Compensation Corporation

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From: Julie Jones

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

Please could you send me the information that you have relating to the reasons and justification for excluding commercially sponsored clinical trials from ACC cover.
In particular, the decision that resulted in the removal of cover for all trials from the ACC act.

Yours faithfully,
Julie Jones

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Ref: 2021-1214

 

Dear Julie,

 

On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 7^th December 2020, transferred by Accident
Compensation Corporation on 18^th December 2020, requesting under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:

 

“Please could you send me the information that you have relating to the
reasons and justification for excluding commercially sponsored clinical
trials from ACC cover. In particular, the decision that resulted in the
removal of cover for all trials from the ACC act.”

 

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Attachment 0136 18 19 ACC cover exclusion for people injured in commercial clinical trials DOIA 2021 1214.pdf
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Attachment 3108 16 17 Interface between ACC cover and compensation for treatment injuries sustained in clinical trials DOIA 2021 1214.pdf
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Kia ora Julie,

 

Please see attached the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s
response to your official information request.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Ben Lindsay

Graduate Policy Advisor

Accident Compensation Policy Team

 

Workplace Relations and Safety Policy

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Telephone: 04 897 6779| [mobile number]| Email:
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From: Julie Jones

Dear Ben Lindsay,

Thank you for your response.

In the response letter that you sent me, you said:
"We are able to provide the relevant page (page 45) from the Department of Labour’s Departmental Report in 2001 on the Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Bill, which became the Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Act 2001 and was renamed the AC Act in 2010. Page 45 provides the Department of Labour’s commentary on the rationale for continuing the exclusion of cover for injuries resulting from a commercial clinical trial. "

The page doesn't appear to be appended along with the other documents. Could you please forward this page if you also find it has not been included.

Also, the phone number that was provided with the response has an automatic message that says 'the person you are trying to reach, does not have a valid voice mailbox on our system, goodbye'. It doesn't ring, just goes to the message. Is there a better number that can be provided?

Yours sincerely,

Julie Jones
0223553088

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From: Ben Lindsay

Attachment IPR Bill Dept Report Clinical trials p 45.pdf
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Kia ora Julie,

Apologies for the error. The document is attached here. As for the phone number issue, this should now be resolved - apologies again.

Ngā mihi nui,
Ben

Ben Lindsay
Graduate Policy Advisor
Accident Compensation Policy Team
 
Workplace Relations and Safety Policy
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Telephone: 04 897 6779| Mobile: xxx xxx xxxx| Email: [email address] |

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From: Julie Jones

Dear Ben Lindsay,

Thank you very much for sending this through.
Is there any chance of also getting page 46? The last 'submission' on pg 45 is cut off but it is also talking about clinical trials.

Yours sincerely,

Julie Jones

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From: Ben Lindsay

Attachment IPRAC Bill Deparmental Report p 46.pdf
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Kia ora Julie,

Please see attached page 46 of the Departmental Report on the Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Compensation Bill 2001.

Ngā mihi,

Ben Lindsay
Graduate Policy Advisor
Accident Compensation Policy Team
 
Workplace Relations and Safety Policy
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Telephone: 04 897 6779| [mobile number]| Email: [email address] |

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