Information for…

Patients

Questions and answers: for patients

My medicine has changed: some specific changes to brands and funded medicines

Medicines information: making the best use of medicines

Health topics: using medicines in asthma, diabetes, gout, flu and to stop smoking

Prescribers

Making funding applications: apply to get a medicine or medical device listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule

Special Authority forms: get targeted medicines for patients who meet the criteria

Exceptional circumstances: includes Named Patient Pharmaceutical Assessment (NPPA) information and forms

Further your education: 

• Goodfellow Unit: Supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
• BPAC^nz: supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
• PHARMAC Seminars: Small workshop style continuing medical education (with CME credits) for health professionals.

Pharmacists

Enquiries: questions people are asking us now

Sign up to receive PHARMAC consultations, notifications and tender updates(external link)

Questions and answers for pharmacists: practical information especially for pharmacists

Notifications: decisions about funded pharmaceuticals

Further your education:  

• Goodfellow Unit: Supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
• BPAC^nz: supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
• PHARMAC Seminars: Small workshop style continuing medical education (with CME credits) for health professionals. 

Pharmaceutical Schedule

• Schedule online listings (not including Section H)
• HML online listings (Section H, Part 2) – for hospitals

Subscribe to the Schedule email: for monthly updates

District Health Boards (DHBs)

About hospital pharmaceuticals

About hospital medical devices

Section H of the Pharmaceutical Schedule (hospital medicines and devices)

Relationship and accountability documents

Relationship agreement between PHARMAC and DHBs

PHARMAC's accountability documents

Pharmaceutical suppliers

Annual Procurement Plan: expected procurements for the next 12 months

Making funding applications: how to apply to get a pharmaceutical listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule

Application tracker: follow the progress of applications for listing(external link)

Tenders: the annual tender for a range of off-patent pharmaceuticals

RFPs: current requests for proposals, usually for specific pharmaceuticals

Future contract opportunities: annual procurement plan for pharmaceuticals and devices

Labelling preferences: we prefer that medicines are labelled like this

Suppliers of hospital medical devices

PHARMAC's approach: what we're doing with hospital medical devices

Categories of hospital medical devices: how we're working to get devices listed on the Pharmaceutical Schedule

Addendum for medical devices: list of hospital medical devices under PHARMAC-negotiated contracts

Community health organisations that supply...

Bulk condoms

Nicotine replacement therapy