List of Ministerial briefings

Pharmac publishes the titles of briefings, memos, reports and aides-mémoire to Hon David Seymour, Associate Minister of Health.

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October 2025

Date Sent

Type

Title

8 October 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report for September

9 October 2025

Memo

Meeting with Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

17 October 2025

Memo

Budget 2026 preparation update

 

Agenda

Bi-Monthly Minister meeting

31 October 2025

Briefing

S9(2)(f)(iv)

September 2025

Date Sent

Type

Title

3 September 2025

Memo

Pharmac’s Processes for Listing New Medical Devices

3 September 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report for August

3 September 2025

 

Draft: Guidelines for dealing with OIA requests involving ministers

5 September 2025

Memo

Budget 2026 preparation update

10 September 2025

Memo

Options for amending the Pharmac statutory objective

19 September 2025

Memo

Budget 2026 preparation update

29 September 2025

Memo

Budget 2026 preparation update

August 2025

Date Sent

Type

Title

5 August 2025

Report

Quarter 4 Performance Report and Monthly Minister Report

18 August 2025

Agenda

Bi-Monthly Minister meeting

20 August 2025

Memo

Budget 2026 and Societal Impacts

July 2025

Date Sent

Type

Title

31 July 2025

Memo

Medical Devices Tender Process

June 2025 

Date Sent

Type

Title

4 June 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report

23 June 2025

Agenda

Monthly Minister meeting

25 June 2025

Memo

Pharmac changes to support 12-month prescriptions

27 June 2025

 

Statement of Performance Expectations

30 June 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report

May 2025 

Date Sent

Type

Title

2 May 2025

Briefing

Proposed access changes for ADHD stimulant medicines

5 May 2025

Report

Quarter 3 Performance Report and Monthly Minister Report

8 May 2025

Memo

Pharmac use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

9 May 2025

Memo

Cancer medicine dispensing data (infusions)

26 May 2025

Agenda

Monthly Minister Meeting

April 2025

Date sent

Type

Title

1 April 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report

4 April 2025

Briefing

Societal Impacts Pilot Programme

9 April 2025

Report

Pharmac Workplace Culture: A Five Year Horizon

11 April 2025

Memo

Interpretation of Section 6 and 7 of the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) 2022 Act

22 April 2025

Agenda

Monthly Minister meeting

March 2025

Date sent

Type

Title

3 March 2025

Memo

Ministerial Meeting with Abbvie

7 March 2025

Briefing

Pharmac Medical Device Programme

7 March 2025

Briefing

Societal Impacts Pilot Programme update

10 March 2025

Memo

Update: Rare Disorders

27 March 2025

Agenda

Monthly Minister meeting

28 March 2025

Briefing

Pharmac Medical Device Programme

February 2025

Date Sent

Type

Title

19 February 2025

Memo

Ministerial Meeting with Johnson & Johnson

20 February 2025

Aide- Mémoire

Update on Contractual Dispute with Novavax

26 February 2025

Report

Pharmac Consumer Engagement Workshop Report

28 February 2025

Report

Monthly Minister Report

20 February 2025

Agenda

Monthly Minister meeting

January 2025

No advice was provided in January 2025.

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