Kia ora Erika,

  

Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act), received by the Ministry of Health - Manatû Hauora on 14 March 2026.
You requested:

 

“A report from the Federal Drug Administration in the US is called

"Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee October 22,
2020 Meeting Presentation - COVID19 CBER Plans for Monitoring Vaccine
Safety and Effectiveness"
which is published here:

[1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

This is an FDA report that was prior to the 30 Dec 2020 New England
Medical Journal article, Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19
Vaccine

Would you please share any meetings, minutes,  emails, memos, reports etc
about this report, especially when discussed by Medsafe, MAAC or any
Ministry committees on the covid-19 vaccine from 22 Oct 2020 ?

Possible keyword searches would be:

"[2]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

"CBER"
"Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee October 22,
2020 Meeting Presentation.”
 

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Ngâ mihi, 
 
OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatû Hauora

 

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Kia ora, 
 
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi,

OIA Services Team

Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora

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