Information for…
Patients
Questions and answers: for patients
My medicine has changed: some specific changes to brands and funded medicines
Prescribers
Special Authority forms: get targeted medicines for patients who meet the criteria
Make a Named Patient Pharmaceutical Assessment (NPPA) application
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: 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: 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
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
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)
