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From: Matthew Shelton <[2][FOI #31252 email]>
Sent: Monday, 9 June 2025 2:19 pm
To: Web Enquiry <[3][email address]>
Subject: F-0927 Official Information request - Recent expenditure on
Chemotherapy, Anticoagulants and Immunomodulaters

 

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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

 

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

 

Ngā mihi,

 

Government Services | Pharmac

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

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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Shelton <[2][FOI #31252 email]>
Sent: Monday, 9 June 2025 2:19 pm
To: Web Enquiry <[3][email address]>
Subject: F-0927 Official Information request - Recent expenditure on
Chemotherapy, Anticoagulants and Immunomodulaters

 

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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

 

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

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Shelton <[2][FOI #31252 email]>
Sent: Friday, 25 July 2025 11:37 am
To: Web Enquiry <[3][email address]>
Subject: Re: Response to your request for official information -
2024-25-197

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 find attached a response to your request for official information.

  

 Ngâ mihi,

  

 Government Services | Pharmac

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 Pharmac - Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington 
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