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Kia ora Tracy,

 

Thank you for your request for official information received on 26 January
2022 for:

 

" Further to this OIA request on the FYI website,
[1]https://scanmail.trustwave.com/?c=15517&...
I see that there was an independent quality assurance test for the
Pfizer/BioNTech 'vaccine'.

 

Please publish the test report/s the minister/ministry received or at
least show me where I may find the report on line.  Please include all
reports if there was more than one.

 

In the above request, Bloomfield states in a letter that "I want to assure
you that Medsafe’s approval is the culmination of a rigorous assessment
over many months to ensure the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe and
effective to use here." Please publish what 'rigorous assessment' data
used to ensure the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective to use
here" or show me where I can find that data on line. By data I mean the
actual data, not a pharmaceutical industry pamphlet that seems to pass for
data these days.”

 

A secondary request for official information was received on 26 January
2022 for:

 

“I note that your website states that fees are paid to Medsafe by the
pharmaceutical industry for certain activities. Where would I find that
fee schedule and amounts paid and by whom and for what? If that is not
already published online, please send me the past five years of payments
from the pharmaceutical industry,  to Medsafe and for what activities.”

 

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Ngâ mihi

 

OIA Services

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Ministry of Health

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Kia ora Tracy

 

Please find attached a response to your request for information 

 

Ngā mihi 

Ngā mihi

 

OIA Services Team

 

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