Hi Sam

This email is to acknowledge that your request for information under the Official Information Act (1982) has been received and is currently being worked on. We will have a reply to you as soon as possible and no later than the due date of 28 February 2017.

Kind regards
Donna Jennings
PHARMAC

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Wagener [mailto:[FOI #5293 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2017 5:45 PM
To: Web Enquiry <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Request Regarding the top dispensed drugs/most expensive drugs for 2016

Dear Pharmaceutical Management Agency,

My name is Sam Wagener, I am writing to request. under the official information act, the following information if it is available:

- The top 100 dispensed drugs in New Zealand for 2016 (All strengths of the same medicine counted as one, e.g. Metoprolol 23.75, 47.5 etc would just be Metoprolol)
- The top 100 most expensive drugs (by how much money was paid in subsidies for the drug, not just the price of drug as listed in the schedule.)

If this information is not yet available then the 2015 information would also suit and once the 2016 information came through if that could be sent as well.

I hope this request is not too arduous and I understand commercial sensitivity concerns and as such would be fine with brand names being excluded (in fact I would prefer generic names.)

Yours faithfully,
Sam Wagener

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Hi Sam
Please find attached a response to your OIA request.

Kind regards
Donna Jennings
PHARMAC

-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Wagener [mailto:[FOI #5293 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2017 5:45 PM
To: Web Enquiry <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Request Regarding the top dispensed drugs/most expensive drugs for 2016

Dear Pharmaceutical Management Agency,

My name is Sam Wagener, I am writing to request. under the official information act, the following information if it is available:

- The top 100 dispensed drugs in New Zealand for 2016 (All strengths of the same medicine counted as one, e.g. Metoprolol 23.75, 47.5 etc would just be Metoprolol)
- The top 100 most expensive drugs (by how much money was paid in subsidies for the drug, not just the price of drug as listed in the schedule.)

If this information is not yet available then the 2015 information would also suit and once the 2016 information came through if that could be sent as well.

I hope this request is not too arduous and I understand commercial sensitivity concerns and as such would be fine with brand names being excluded (in fact I would prefer generic names.)

Yours faithfully,
Sam Wagener

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #5293 email]

Is [PHARMAC request email] the wrong address for Official Information requests to Pharmaceutical Management Agency? If so, please contact us using this form:
https://fyi.org.nz/change_request/new?bo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers

If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA page.

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