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
Special Authority forms: get targeted medicines for patients who meet the criteria
Further your education:
- Goodfellow Unit: Supported by PHARMAC to provide education and information for primary care health professionals.(external link)
- BPACnz: 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
Supply issues for medicine and devices
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)
- BPACnz: 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
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
Pharmaceutical suppliers
Annual Procurement Plan: expected procurements for the next 12 months
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
Addendum for medical devices: list of hospital medical devices under PHARMAC-negotiated contracts
Unfunded treatments
Cannabis-based medicines
Doctors are now able to prescribe medicines that contain cannabidiol (CBD). PHARMAC takes a consistent and evidence-based approach to consider the funding of any medicine. No application for funding any products that contain cannabidiol has yet demonstrated to us that it is the next best use of the public funds available for medicines. Contact Ministry of Health to find out more about prescribing cannabis-based products
Ministry of Health - prescribing cannabis-based products(external link).
Continous glucose monitoring system (CGMS)
We are now assessing funding applications for CGMS, including Freestyle Libre. Following progress of these on our application tracker.
> Check all CGMS systems in Application Tracker(external link)
