Removal of Approved Drugs / Medicine
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear Ministry of Health,
Please provide from 2010 to todays date the following
- total number of Medsafe approved drugs / medicine / therapeutics which have been removed from circulation
- name of drug / treatment
- date of removal
- reason for removal to include reporting / recommendations
- signatories to removal
- memos associated with the removal
- side effects / complaints from the use of medicine which required the investigation and subsequent removal
- reports to MACC or CARM ghat triggered investigation / removal
- death signal for the removal of an approved medicine in New Zealand if there is one - CDC in the USA have one of these
Additionally can you also provide all of the funds Medsafe has received from Pfizer or associated entities annually 2010 - 2022
Yours faithfully,
Chris
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Kia ora Chris,
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Kia ora Chris,
Thank you for your request for official information, received on 30
November 2022 for:
"Please provide from 2010 to todays date the following
- total number of Medsafe approved drugs / medicine / therapeutics which
have been removed from circulation
- name of drug / treatment
- date of removal
- reason for removal to include reporting / recommendations
- signatories to removal
- memos associated with the removal
- side effects / complaints from the use of medicine which required the
investigation and subsequent removal
- reports to MACC or CARM ghat triggered investigation / removal
- death signal for the removal of an approved medicine in New Zealand if
there is one - CDC in the USA have one of these
Additionally can you also provide all of the funds Medsafe has received
from Pfizer or associated entities annually 2010 - 2022"
We are contacting you in accordance with section 18B of the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act) as part of your request, as it is currently
worded, would require a search through a very large volume of information.
This part of your request may be refused under section 18(f) of the Act as
the information requested cannot be made available without substantial
collation or research.
In order to provide you with information sooner and in order to work
within a more manageable request, are you happy to clarify what you mean
by removed from circulation? Are you meaning drugs, medicine and
therapeutics that Medsafe have revoked consent for?
Please respond by 21 December 2022 so that we can consider your refinement
in our response to your request.
We look forward to receiving your response.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
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Kia ora Chris,
We are following up on the below email, requesting clarification of your
request. Can you please respond by 5pm 23 December 2022 so that we can
consider your request for information.
Ngā mihi
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Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests,
Yes all medications that Medsafe have revoked consent for.
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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Kia ora,
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Kia ora Chris,
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
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From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests,
Please provide the requested information for all of these medications
I am trying to understand the standard to have medications removed from circulation
Eg - one death? one injury?
Ultimately what is the standard for these medications?
Because it appears death, heart conditions, strokes, MIS-C and countless serious other injuries will not stop this vaccine rollout.
Further question - is the standard for the consent of these medical products being removed at a lower bar than one death?
Because if any of them have been removed for less than that serious questions need to be asked as to why the Pfizer shot is still in circulation?
If one death is too many then four deaths associated with the vaccine and also over 100 reported to CARM then it appears Medsafe have not been undertaking the correct reviews per Medical guidelines.
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
From: Chris McCashin
Dear OIA Requests,
Please provide this information. Associated reporting / recommendations for the removal of these medicines.
Yours sincerely,
Chris McCashin
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Kia ora Chris,
Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health
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