Trikafta Funding Announcement
Phillip Hart made this Official Information request to Pharmaceutical Management Agency
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From: Phillip Hart
Dear Pharmaceutical Management Agency,
Please supply copies of all correspondence with MPs and journalists regarding the recent (December 2022) announcment of the funding of Trikafta.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Hart
From: Web Enquiry
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
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From: Web Enquiry
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Tçnâ koe Philip
Thank you for your email of 6 December 2022. Your request has been
received and logged.
Our reference number for your request is 2022-23-075.
As required under the Official Information Act (OIA) 1982, we will respond
to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a response on
or before 24 January 2023. Please note, this due date accounts for the
‘Summer holidays’ (25 December to 15 January) as defined in the Act. Use
the [1]official information calculators to estimate the maximum response
time for an official information request.
If a large amount of information has been requested, we may need to extend
this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise
you if such an extension is necessary.
Ngâ mihi
Melody Willis ([2]she/her) | Government Services Advisor
___________________________________________________________________
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer
Street, Wellington
P: +64 4 460 4990 | [3]www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Web Enquiry
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Kia ora Phillip,
Please find a response to your request attached to this email.
Kind regards,
Gendi McFadyen| Government Services Advisor
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac
PO Box 10-254, Wellington 6140 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
6011
P: 0800 660 050 | [1]www.pharmac.govt.nz
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga – Pharmac will be closed from Saturday 24 December
2022 to Tuesday 3 January 2023 inclusive.
From: Web Enquiry
Sent: Monday, 9 January 2023 11:40 am
To: Phillip Hart <[FOI #21348 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Trikafta Funding Announcement
Tçnâ koe Philip
Thank you for your email of 6 December 2022. Your request has been
received and logged.
Our reference number for your request is 2022-23-075.
As required under the Official Information Act (OIA) 1982, we will respond
to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a response on
or before 24 January 2023. Please note, this due date accounts for the
‘Summer holidays’ (25 December to 15 January) as defined in the Act. Use
the [2]official information calculators to estimate the maximum response
time for an official information request.
If a large amount of information has been requested, we may need to extend
this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise
you if such an extension is necessary.
Ngâ mihi
Melody Willis ([3]she/her) | Government Services Advisor
___________________________________________________________________
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer
Street, Wellington
P: +64 4 460 4990 | [4]www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Phillip Hart
Dear Web Enquiry,
Thank you for your response. Please note that my request did not include a date range for the communications between Pharmac, MPs and the media. I look forward to the public release of the communications from 1 December 2023, but please provide me with the relevant communications that occurred prior up to and including 30 November 2023.
Yours sincerely,
Phillip Hart
From: Web Enquiry
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Kia ora Phillip,
Thank you for your email. We are proactively releasing information from 1 December 2022 as Pharmac did not communicate with MPs or media regarding the recent (December 2022) announcement of the funding of Trikafta prior to 1 December 2022.
Kind regards,
Gendi McFadyen| Government Services Advisor
Te Pātaka Whaioranga | Pharmac
PO Box 10-254, Wellington 6140 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington 6011
P: 0800 660 050 | www.pharmac.govt.nz
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From: Web Enquiry
Pharmaceutical Management Agency
Tçnâ koe Phillip
Further to our previous communications, we have now published
[1]information about our communications approach for the Trikafta
consultation on our website.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any further enquiries.
Ngâ mihi
Melody Willis ([2]she/her) | Government Services Advisor
___________________________________________________________________
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer
Street, Wellington
P: +64 4 460 4990 | [3]www.pharmac.govt.nz
From: Web Enquiry
Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2023 10:38 am
To: '[FOI #21348 email]'
<[FOI #21348 email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Trikafta Funding Announcement
Kia ora Phillip,
Please find a response to your request attached to this email.
Kind regards,
Gendi McFadyen| Government Services Advisor
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac
PO Box 10-254, Wellington 6140 | Level 9, 40 Mercer Street, Wellington
6011
P: 0800 660 050 | [4]www.pharmac.govt.nz
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga – Pharmac will be closed from Saturday 24 December
2022 to Tuesday 3 January 2023 inclusive.
From: Web Enquiry
Sent: Monday, 9 January 2023 11:40 am
To: Phillip Hart <[5][FOI #21348 email]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Trikafta Funding Announcement
Tçnâ koe Philip
Thank you for your email of 6 December 2022. Your request has been
received and logged.
Our reference number for your request is 2022-23-075.
As required under the Official Information Act (OIA) 1982, we will respond
to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a response on
or before 24 January 2023. Please note, this due date accounts for the
‘Summer holidays’ (25 December to 15 January) as defined in the Act. Use
the [6]official information calculators to estimate the maximum response
time for an official information request.
If a large amount of information has been requested, we may need to extend
this date (this is provided for in section 15A of the Act). We will advise
you if such an extension is necessary.
Ngâ mihi
Melody Willis ([7]she/her) | Government Services Advisor
___________________________________________________________________
Te Pâtaka Whaioranga | Pharmac | PO Box 10 254 | Level 9, 40 Mercer
Street, Wellington
P: +64 4 460 4990 | [8]www.pharmac.govt.nz
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