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The decision not to share the Pfizer 1-29 Apr 2021 review of myocarditis and pericarditis

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health

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From: Erika Whittome

Dear Ministry of Health,

I asked about the promulgation of the BioNTech-Pfizer Summary Monthly Safety Report (SMSR) 5, which contained a review of myocarditis and pericarditis 1-19 Apr 2021. The safety report in the US is discussed here: https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/c...

I refer you to this information supplied already https://fyi.org.nz/request/31192-april-2... in which you say SMSR 5 was not promulgated or shared.

Would you please share the minutes of the meetings, memos, correspondence, briefing reports, aide memoirs etc
1.of the actual review of this report SMSR 5 by the MoH and its staff
2. the decision by the MoH and its staff not to promulgate the report, and
3. the decision not to issue a formal warning at this time in April, May and June 2021 up until 21 July 2021 when a CV-TAG memo went from Dr Ian Town to Mister Dr Bloomfield on 21 July 2021.

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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Kia ora Erika

 

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health on 30 June 2025. You requested:

 

Would you please share the minutes of the meetings, memos, correspondence,
briefing reports, aide memoirs etc
1.of the actual review of this report SMSR 5  by the MoH and its staff
2. the decision by the MoH and its staff not to promulgate the report, and
3. the decision not to issue a formal warning at this time in April, May
and June 2021 up until 21 July 2021 when a CV-TAG memo went from Dr Ian
Town to Mister Dr Bloomfield on 21 July 2021.

 

The reference number for your request is H2025069254. As required under
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than 20 working days after the day your request was
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