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Recent expenditure on Chemotherapy, Anticoagulants and Immunomodulaters

Matthew Shelton made this Official Information request to Pharmaceutical Management Agency

The request was successful.

From: Matthew Shelton

Dear Pharmaceutical Management Agency,
under the OIA please provide the annual expenditure, up to the current year to date, since 2018 on

1. Chemotherapeutic drugs for cancer
2. Clexane
3. oral anticoagulants, separating warfarin and direct thrombin inhibitors
4. immunomodulaters eg DMARDs, prednisone
5. fentanyl and midazolam injectibles used in the community
6. Anti-Parkinsonian agents
7. HRT products

Thankyou

Yours faithfully,

Matt Shelton

Yours faithfully,

Matthew Shelton

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Kia ora Matthew

 

Thank you for your request for official information, which Pharmac
received on 9 June 2025. The reference number for your request is:
2024-25-197

 

You should receive a response from us on or before 8 July 2025. This is
within the 20 working day limit set out in the Official Information Act.

 

The response date shown takes into account:

 1. Matariki (20 June 2025)

 

Please contact us if you have any questions.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Government Services | Pharmac

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Pharmac - Te Pātaka Whaioranga | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
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Kia ora Matthew

 

Please find attached a response to your request for official information.

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Government Services | Pharmac

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Pharmac - Te Pātaka Whaioranga | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
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From: Matthew Shelton

Dear Web Enquiry,
Thankyou for this helpful response.
However it seems that Humira (adalimumab) is missing from the spreadsheet.
Please send the relevant figures.

With thanks

Yours sincerely,

Matthew Shelton

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Kia ora Matthew

 

Please accept our sincere apologies for missing some of the data in your
previous response

Please find attached the updated data under the ‘Biologic’ grouping which
has the complete data.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Government Services | Pharmac

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Pharmac - Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
[1]www.pharmac.govt.nz

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