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26 August 2024
Erika Whittome
By email: [FYI request #25124 email]
Ref:
H2024048146
Tēnā koe Erika
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health – Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) on 2 August 2024 for:
You have provided documents but none of them are Periodic Safety Update Reports which
were a condition for the conditional approval:
Provide Periodic Safety Update Reports according to the same schedule as required by the
EMA.
The periodic safety update reports are withheld in full under section 9(2)(ba)(i) of the Act, to
protect information that is subject to an obligation of confidence and making it available would
likely prejudice the supply of similar information, or information from the same source. Where
information is withheld under section 9 of the Act. I have considered the countervailing public
interest in releasing information and consider that it does not outweigh the need to withhold at
this time.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with us, including this decision, please feel free
to contact the OIA Services Team on:
[email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions
made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Manatū Hauora website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-
official-information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Chris James
Group Manager
Medsafe