Kia ora Rex,

Thank you for your request for information, received by Pharmac on 2 November 2023. Your request has been received and logged. Our reference number for your request is: 2023-24-069.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), we will respond to your request within 20 working days. 

 

If a large amount of information has been requested, we may need to extend this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise you if such an extension is necessary.

 

Pharmac is also contacting in accordance with section 18B of the Act as your request, as it is currently worded, requires a search through a very large volume of information. Your request may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act as the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research. 

For context, an initial search for documentation in scope of your request resulted in thousands of documents, each of which would need to be individually reviewed to determine whether it falls within scope of your request. 

 

If you are able to refine the scope of your request, we may be able to provide you with information. Possible refinements may include being more specific about the topic or type of documents you are interested in and/or selecting a shorter time frame.

 

Please respond by Wednesday 15 November 2023 so that we can consider your refinement in our response to your request. 

 

Please note, under section 15 of the Official Information Act 1982, any clarification or amendments made to a request within seven days after the date it is received, that request may be treated as a new request and the time limit for the response restarts. 

 

We look forward to receiving your response. 

 

Ngā mihi