Our year in numbers
$162.16 million
Savings reinvested in medicines, medical devices, and related products
Medicines budget 2023/24

4.086 million
Number of New Zealanders receiving funded medicines, medical devices, and related products
19,851
Estimated number of additional patients benefitting from Pharmac’s decisions implemented in 2023/24
12
Number of new treatments funded

16
Number of treatments with access criteria widened
$1.806 billion
Total gross CPB spending
$1.578 billion
total net CPB expenditure
Hospital medical devices 2023/24

5,000
Line items added to the Pharmaceutical Schedule under national contracts
168,266
Total line items on the Pharmaceutical Schedule under national contracts
$75 million
Value of additional hospital medical devices secured under contract in 2023/24
$605 million
Total value of hospital medical devices under Pharmac contracts