Altered composition of Comirnaty BNT162b2
Catherine Jamieson made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear Ministry of Health,
Prior to the December 2022 Medsafe consents granted in respect of bivalents containing Famtozinameran and Riltozinameran, has the product composition of Comirnaty BNT162b2 entering New Zealand (other than that for use in the under 12s) altered at any time from the original product imported into New Zealand in the first delivery in early 2021?
If so what was(were) the date(s) any product of altered composition was imported into NZ, and date(s) first used on consumers. By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.
Please also supply any reports, emails or other correspondence pertaining to :-
i. any altered product composition; or
ii. expectation or otherwise that New Zealand authorities would receive advice of any altered product composition
including, but not limited to, to Tozinameran.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Jamieson
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Kia ora Catherine
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear OIA Requests,
I request that Chris James, Group Manager, Medsafe, revisit request for information H2023030117 pursuant to the Official Information Act.
This request has not been satisfactorily answered. The request was not restricted to Comirnaty 0.5mg/ml products and asked for information on alterations to product composition with no regard to a qualitative descriptor.
For clarity the questions contained in H2023030117 relate to all COMIRNATY® and Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 products imported into New Zealand (other than that for use in the under 12 year age group) prior to the 21 December 2022 approval of the bivalent COMIRNATY® products.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Jamieson
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Kia ora Catherine,
Thank you for your email. Below is some further information relating to
Comirnaty (Pfizer/BioNTech) vaccine.
Information on the approval of each of the COVID-19 vaccines, including
the Comirnaty vaccines can be found on the Medsafe website at:
[1]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/sta...(4)%20of%20the%20Medicines%20Act,valid%20until%2029%20April%202024.&text=Approved%20indication-,Active%20immunisation%20to%20prevent%20COVID-19%20caused%20by%20SARS-CoV,in%20accordance%20with%20official%20recommendations.
Additionally, the qualitative formulations for any medicine can found on
Medsafe website. For all Comirnaty vaccines, the qualitative formulation
has not changed since they were first approved by Medsafe.
[2]https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/d....
Details regarding quantitative formulations are withheld under
9(2)(b)(ii), as I have considered the countervailing public interest in
releasing information and consider that it does not outweigh the need to
withhold at this time.
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to
review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [3][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
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From: Catherine Jamieson
<[6][FOI #23680 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2023 00:22
To: OIA Requests <[7][email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your official information act request –
H2023030117 CRM:0113304
Dear OIA Requests,
I request that Chris James, Group Manager, Medsafe, revisit request for
information H2023030117 pursuant to the Official Information Act.
This request has not been satisfactorily answered. The request was not
restricted to Comirnaty 0.5mg/ml products and asked for information on
alterations to product composition with no regard to a qualitative
descriptor.
For clarity the questions contained in H2023030117 relate to all
COMIRNATY® and Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 products imported into New Zealand
(other than that for use in the under 12 year age group) prior to the 21
December 2022 approval of the bivalent COMIRNATY® products.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Jamieson
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M Bell left an annotation ()
Ministry of Health quote: “Details regarding quantitative formulations are withheld under 9(2)(b)(ii), as I have considered the countervailing public interest in releasing information and consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold at this time.”
The ombudsman produced a report on the topic of whether to withhold information because of commercial interest, see link below...
https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/reso...
Following through the procedure of determining whether 9(2)(b)(ii) applies (appendix A of the document) the only way I can see that the release of this information could prejudice Pfizer is if the information actually confirms that they HAVE been changing the recipe and that there is a commercial arrangement to conceal this fact.
Furthermore there is actually considerable public interest in the answer to the question did the composition change in different batch numbers after approval, and on that basis alone this information should be released in full.
From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear OIA Requests,
Most of my request does not relate to 'details regarding quantitative formulations', can be answered without referring to any detail and therefore not likely to unreasonably prejudice a commercial position.
As per August 2019 Ombudsman Commercial Information report mentioned in an annotation to this request string, a mere assertion of prejudice is not sufficient and agencies need to be able to explain how release of the information at issue would be likely unreasonably to prejudice a commercial position.
An excerpt from page 19:-
‘If an agency is a regulator, it may hold commercially sensitive information about the quality of a product or the practices of an organisation. There are strong public interest arguments in allowing access to information that will help protect the public from unsafe products or practices.’
If there was more than one product composition for COMIRNATY® and Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 products distributed and administered for the 12+ age group prior to 21 December 2022 approval of the bivalent products, there is a strong public interest argument in allowing access to the requested information. What follows below is an excerpt example of such transparency from the United States:-
https://web.archive.org/web/202110300005...
‘Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for individuals 12 years of age and older contain 1 of the following sets of additional ingredients; ask the vaccination provider which version is being administered:
• potassium chloride, monobasic potassium phosphate, sodium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, and sucrose OR
• tromethamine, tromethamine hydrochloride, and sucrose ‘
For simplicity most questions in my initial request are relabelled below. Q1 can be answered with a yes or no answer. Q2 and Q3 ask solely for dates and a separation of batch numbers into categories that can be differentiated from one another using a heading that provides no detail with regard to quantitative formulation. Q4 can be answered without reference to details regarding quantitative formulations.
1. Prior to the December 2022 Medsafe consents granted in respect of bivalents containing Famtozinameran and Riltozinameran, has the product composition of Comirnaty BNT162b2 entering New Zealand (other than that for use in the under 12s) altered at any time from the original product imported into New Zealand in the first delivery in early 2021?
2.If so what was(were) the date(s) any product of altered composition was imported into NZ, and date(s) first used on consumers?
3. By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.
4 Please also supply any reports, emails or other correspondence pertaining expectation or otherwise that New Zealand authorities would receive advice of any altered product composition including, but not limited to, to Tozinameran.
Please also confirm the name and/or job title and agency of the person referring to themselves as 'I' in the 31 August response who considers that the public interest of a response does not outweigh the need to withhold at this time.
Yours faithfully,
Catherine Jamieson
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Kia ora Catherine
Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2023031399
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, Manatū Hauora will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
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Athina Andonatou left an annotation ()
Very interested in this response once a direct answer to your initial questions are answered.
c a left an annotation ()
Hi Catherine, There is definitely a huge amount of public interest in these answers. I am waiting to see the response. In the meantime pg. 13 of this document raises some questions for me: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/... it came from here: https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/dise...
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Kia ora Catherine,
Please find attached a letter regarding the partial transfer of your
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Tēnā koe,
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S McEwan left an annotation ()
I too am interested in the answers to Catherine's questions; as I expect would be many of the people who have been injected with them. This is certainly of public interest and should have been released long ago in the interests of transparency.
S McEwan left an annotation ()
I too am interested in the answers to Catherine's questions; as I expect would be many of the people who have been injected with the comirnity products. This is certainly of public interest and should have been released long ago in the interests of transparency.
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Tçnâ koe Catherine,
Thank you for your follow up request under the Official Information Act
1982 (the Act) to Manatû Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 2 September
2023 clarifying your request for information regarding the product
composition of Comirnaty vaccines.
As you were advised on 28 September 2023, parts 2 and 3 of your request
have been transferred to Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand under section
14(b)(i) of the Act. You can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora for these
parts of your request in due course. I will respond to the remaining parts
of your request below.
“1. Prior to the December 2022 Medsafe consents granted in respect of
bivalents containing Famtozinameran and Riltozinameran, has the product
composition of Comirnaty BNT162b2 entering New Zealand (other than that
for use in the under 12s) altered at any time from the original product
imported into New Zealand in the first delivery in early 2021?”
A number of presentations of Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine have been used in
New Zealand. A summary of these vaccines is available on Medsafe’s website
at: [1]www.medsafe.govt.nz/COVID-19/status-of-applications.asp. On this
website you will be able to access datasheets for each presentation,
including the qualitative formulation.
The initial presentation of the vaccine approved used a phosphate
buffering system, however more recent presentations of the vaccine use a
tris buffering system.
“4. Please also supply any reports, emails or other correspondence
pertaining expectation or otherwise that New Zealand authorities would
receive advice of any altered product composition including, but not
limited to, to Tozinameran.”
Please refer to our previous response to you on 24 August 2023 (ref:
H2023030117) for information regarding the process for notifying changes
to the formulation of medicines in New Zealand.
“Please also confirm the name and/or job title and agency of the person
referring to themselves as 'I' in the 31 August response who considers
that the public interest of a response does not outweigh the need to
withhold at this time.”
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Tēnā koe Catherine
Thank you for your email asking for the following information under the
Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“2. If so what was(were) the date(s) any product of altered composition
was imported into NZ, and date(s) first used on consumers?
3. By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those
batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.”
This email is to let you know that Te Whatu Ora needs more time to make a
decision on your request.
The Act requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, it will not be possible to meet that time limit and we are
therefore writing to notify you of an extension of the time to make our
decision, to 20 November 2023, if not earlier.
This extension is required because the consultations and volume of
information are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made
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From: Chris McIlroy
Tēnā koe Catherine
Te Whatu Ora is writing to advise you that, pursuant to section 15(1)(a)
of the Act, a decision has been made on your request; however, we are
unable to provide you the information prepared for release today.
We apologise for any possible delay, and endeavour to send you the
information as soon as possible.
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Chris McIlroy
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear Chris McIlroy,
Thank you for you correspondence of November 20 2023.
Can you please let me know when I can expect the information prepared for release to be provided.
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
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Kia ora Catherine
Please find attached our response to your request.
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at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
Thank you for the material. Unfortunately it is incomplete as there were no batch numbers included. My question was :
'By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.'
Please reissue the response with a column included for batch numbers.
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Catherine
Apologies for this oversight and for the further delay.
Please find attached the response reissued with a column for batch
numbers.
Ngâ mihi
Adam
Adam McFerran ([1]he/him)
Kaitohutohu Matua | Senior Advisor, Ministerial Services
Office of the Chief Executive
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
Thank you for your reply of 18 January.
The Medsafe product detail for the purple cap (Tozinameran 0.5 mg/mL equivalent to 30 µg/0.3mL dose) product is below.
https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/P...
The reply given does not make any differentiation for the composition change reflected in this Product Detail. If the modified purple cap product was distributed within NZ please modify the file to reflect what was asked in the original question .
'...what was(were) the date(s) any product of altered composition was imported into NZ, and date(s) first used on consumers. By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.'
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
I have several queries and requests regarding the information provided in HNZ00030152.
Please clarify whether the distribution information provided regarding batch SDYX4 is correct - that 7350 doses were distributed within the South Island. OIA response HNZ00032271 declares that none of the 81,900 doses were dispatched but rather discarded.
I understand that a seperate database was utilised prior to the CIR inventory portal becoming fully functional and some distribution data were recorded in a separate database?
1. Please include distribution data as per the original request for batches
- EP2163, EP9605, ER7449, ET3045, ET9096
2. Please include any distribution data additional to that already provided for the following batches (or distribution data in respect of any other batches additional to those mentioned in this request that may not have been supplied in HNZ00030152 table) to provide a complete response to the initial request.
EX2405, FA5833, FC3558, FC5029, FD0927, FD9234, FE2090, FE3064, FE8163, FF2382, FF4206, FG0050, FG3716
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: hnzOIA
Tēnā koe,
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Athina Andonatou left an annotation ()
Still watching and waiting with interest for a clear reply to your reasonable requests. Stay at it and thank you for your persistence and tenacity.
Diana Martyn left an annotation ()
Thankyou Catherine for your persistence. Look forward to some answers.
From: hnzOIA
Tēnā koe Catherine
Thank you for your email of 13 February 2024, asking for the following
information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
"I have several queries and requests regarding the information provided in
HNZ00030152.
Please clarify whether the distribution information provided regarding
batch SDYX4 is correct - that 7350 doses were distributed within the South
Island. OIA response HNZ00032271 declares that none of the 81,900 doses
were dispatched but rather discarded.
I understand that a seperate database was utilised prior to the CIR
inventory portal becoming fully functional and some distribution data were
recorded in a separate database?
1. Please include distribution data as per the original request for
batches
- EP2163, EP9605, ER7449, ET3045, ET9096
2. Please include any distribution data additional to that already
provided for the following batches (or distribution data in respect of any
other batches additional to those mentioned in this request that may not
have been supplied in HNZ00030152 table) to provide a complete response to
the initial request.
EX2405, FA5833, FC3558, FC5029, FD0927, FD9234, FE2090, FE3064, FE8163,
FF2382, FF4206, FG0050, FG3716"
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Government Services
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Kia ora Catherine,
Thank you for your request for information. Please find attached our
response to your request.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at
[1][email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a
complaint to the Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602.
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
Can you please provide an update as to when I will receive reply to my request of February 10 2024.
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: hnzOIA
Hi Catherine
We have been unable to locate your request sent on the 10th of February
2024
Can you please provide the email/request that was sent to us on the 10th
of February.
Ngā mihi
Office of the CE
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
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From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
This is the request sent 10 February. It can be seen scrolling up the fyi.org.nz string of messages.
'Dear hnzOIA,
Thank you for your reply of 18 January.
The Medsafe product detail for the purple cap (Tozinameran 0.5 mg/mL equivalent to 30 µg/0.3mL dose) product is below.
https://www.medsafe.govt.nz/regulatory/P...
The reply given does not make any differentiation for the composition change reflected in this Product Detail. If the modified purple cap product was distributed within NZ please modify the file to reflect what was asked in the original question .
'...what was(were) the date(s) any product of altered composition was imported into NZ, and date(s) first used on consumers. By composition category please supply batch numbers, the sites those batches were distributed to for administration and on what dates.'
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: Catherine Jamieson
Dear hnzOIA,
I refer to response dated March 28 where it was stated 'we are unable to provide receiving data'.
Please provide reference to the section/part of the Official Information Act under which my request is being denied.
Under the Public Records Act shouldn't there be stored records to be retrieved and queried to provide receiving data for these batches? Can you do that please or if not, please provide the reason why not.
For clarity I am requiring receiving location data that was not supplied in HNZ00030152, namely:-
1. Please include distribution data as per the original request for batches - EP2163, EP9605, ER7449, ET3045, ET9096
2. Please include any distribution data additional to that already provided for the following batches (or distribution data in respect of any other batches additional to those mentioned in this request that may not have been supplied in HNZ00030152 table) to provide a complete response to the initial request. EX2405, FA5833, FC3558, FC5029, FD0927, FD9234, FE2090, FE3064, FE8163, FF2382, FF4206, FG0050, FG3716
Yours sincerely,
Catherine Jamieson
From: hnzOIA
Kia ora Catherine,
Thank you for your email of 10 February 2024. We apologise for the delay
in responding.
The purple cap used in New Zealand was Covid Adult Pfizer Original. It was
replaced by 2 adult vaccines: Covid Adult Pfizer 30mcg Monovalent, Covid
Adult Pfizer 15/15mcg Bivalent. Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora can
confirm this has been captured in the spreadsheet previously provided.
We hope this provides clarity but if you have any questions, you can
contact us at [1][email address].
Ngā mihi nui
Adam McFerran ([2]he/him)
Government Services
[3][email address]
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M Bell left an annotation ()
Quote from medsafe: The qualitative formulation for Comirnaty 0.5mg/ml has not changed since its initial approval.
Interesting choice of words, uses the adjective “qualitative”, this is unwarranted since the actual question focuses on whether there has been an “altered composition”. Is there some language inversion going on here? Since there is clear evidence extant that there has been variation in the batches coming out of Pfizer, suggest get them to clarify again according to the language that was used in the original question, and to supply unequivocal answers, ie...
“....has the product composition of Comirnaty BNT162b2 entering New Zealand (other than that for use in the under 12s) altered at any time from the original product imported into New Zealand in the first delivery in early 2021?” Please answer with one of the following YES / NO / DON'T KNOW.
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