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Kia ora Pharmac is seeking feedback on a proposal to change brands of meningococcal ACWY, pneumococcal, and influenza vaccines – and widen access to the flu vaccine for all children from 6 months up to 5 years (6-59 months inclusive). We are also proposing to widen access to a vaccine to help prevent people who have already had a serious pneumococcal infection from getting it again. In August 2025, we released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the supply of funded vaccines, excluding the...

Kia ora, RE: Supply Disruption - Ezetimibe with Simvastatin 10/80 mg combination tablet (Zimybe) Due to a delay at the manufacturing site, there is a supply issue affecting Ezetimibe with Simvastatin 10/80 mg (Zimybe). From 1 June 2026 Pharmac will fund an alternative product Ezetimibe with Simvastatin 10/80 mg (Vytorin). This is not a Medsafe approved product and should be prescribed and supplied in line with Section 29A of the Medicines Act. Further information, including resupply time...

Health New Zealand and Pharmac have made the decision to extend pharmacy services. This decision means community pharmacies will be able to provide a wider range of funded clinical services for common conditions that may have otherwise required a GP visit, including: scabies treatment for children/families oral rehydration treatment for children headlice treatment for children/families pain and fever management for children conjunctivitis treatment for children treatment for...

The Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) set the minimum quality standard that medicinal cannabis products and ingredients must meet before they can be supplied in New Zealand. Importers, manufacturers, and suppliers must apply for assessment and provide evidence to the Medicinal Cannabis Agency to verify that their products meet the minimum quality standard./ Adven Daybreak has been verified as meeting the minimum quality standard. Adven Nightfall has been...

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