Pharmaceutical Schedule
All funded medicines in New Zealand.
Community Schedule
Practitioners supply order (PSO)
Extemporaneously compounded products and galenicals
Hospital Medicines (HML)
Ambulance Medicines List (Section E)
Medicines funded for ambulance services
PRIME services, lead maternity carers, and palliative care can access more medicines
Emergency medicines available where they're needed.
Schedule Updates
Schedule resources
About the Schedule
Rules of the Schedule
Hospital Medical Devices
Redevelopment of the Schedule
Funding medicines
Make an application
From application to funded medicine: Pharmac's process
Follow the journey of a funding application
Medicines budget
The law requires PHARMAC to stay within its budget
Prioritisation
How we decide which medicines need funding first
Procurement processes
Some of the ways Pharmac uses to fund products for New Zealanders.
Labelling preferences for medicines
Label layout for medicines in New Zealand
Declining inactive funding applications
Pharmac's process.
Policies, manuals and processes
The guides we use when we make decisions
About medicine supply
What you need to know about medicines Pharmac funds
Supply issues and updates
Brand changes, discontinuations and more.
ADHD treatments
Changes are happening to how ADHD treatments are managed in New Zealand.
Antiretroviral medicine changes
Continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps
COVID-19 antiviral treatments
Information on who can get funded access to COVID-19 antivirals.
Generic medicines
Generics work the same way
12-month prescriptions
Ordering bulk condoms
Information for community health organisations
Ordering nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products
Information for authorised providers
Guide for medicine and medical device suppliers working with Pharmac
Collecting and paying for medicines
Answering your questions about prescriptions
Managing medicine supply
How PHARMAC works with suppliers on supply
Hospital medical devices
The future of managing hospital medical devices
New and emerging medical device technologies
Hospital Medical Devices Programme
Hospital Medical Devices List
Download the latest hospital medical devices schedule
Pharmac-Health NZ Medical Devices Supplier Reference Group
Stay in touch
How to learn the latest about our work.
News and resources
Consultations and decisions
includes RFPs and tenders.
News, stories, and updates
Official information releases
How to make an OIA or Privacy Act request and find information Pharmac has already released.
Publications and resources
Exceptional Circumstances Framework Review
Pharmac is reviewing its Exceptional Circumstances Framework to make it simpler and clearer to better meet the needs of people who rely on it to get funded access to medicines.
Pharmac's research
About
Strategic Direction
Our plan to deliver the best health outcomes for New Zealanders
Timely Assessment Programme (TAP)
What we do
Who we are
How we get advice
Advice we seek to make decisions
Working at Pharmac
Explore current vacancies
Contact us
How to get in touch
These policies and manuals provide guidance on how Pharmac considers its decisions.
