28 August 2024
Catherine Jaimeson
[FYI request #26792 email] Tēnā koe Catherine
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00060332
Thank you for your email on 6 August 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
The question about mRNA active ingredient site of manufacture for each batch has not
been addressed in your answer. Given that please do not apply a further 20-day timeframe
and provide an answer as soon as possible. Please in addition please clarify using the
phrase 'final dose form' that all batches had final dose form manufactured in Puurs
Belgium.”
Response
‘Final dose form’ is a finished dosage form which is approved for administration to a patient without
substantial further manufacturing. The manufacturing site of the 'final dose form' is the site
indicated in the Certificate of Analysis. We provided a list of these sites to you in previous OIA
request HNZ00052889.
The information about sites where the active ingredients were manufactured for these vaccines is
not held by Health NZ therefore this part of your request is refused under section 18(g) of the Act
as the information you have requested is not held by Health NZ and we have no grounds to believe
that the information is held by another entity subject to the Act.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[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
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may proactively
release a copy of this response on our website. All requester data, including your name and
contact details, will be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sara Freitag
Manager, Machinery of Government Support
National Public Health Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand
