Kia ora Chris,  

  

Thank you for your request for official information. The reference number
for your request is: H2022017897.  

  

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From: Chris McCashin <[FOI #21301 email]>;
Received: Wed Nov 30 2022 18:54:17 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>; OIA <[email address]>;
Subject: Official Information request - Removal of Approved Drugs /
Medicine

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, 

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   

OIA Services Team

Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

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From: OIA Requests
Sent: Thursday, 15 December 2022 14:23
To: Chris McCashin <[FOI #21301 email]>
Subject: Clarification of your request for official information (ref:
H2022017897) CRM:0154132
 

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

M[3]inistry of Health information releases 
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Kia ora, 

 

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Have a safe and happy holiday period.  

 

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Kia ora Chris,

Please find attached the response for your request for official
information.

Ngā mihi   

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Manatū Hauora | Ministry of Health

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

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