Specialist advisory committees
Last updated
28 September 2023:
- Agenda for October meeting of Cancer Treatment Advisory Committee added
- Meeting record added for Mental Health Advisory Committee
27 September 2023: Membership of the Ophthalmology Advisory Committee updated
15 September 2023: Agenda for 19 September Neurological Advisory Committee meeting added
12 September 2023: Membership of the Tender Clinical Advisory Committee updated
About specialist advisory committees
Pharmac’s specialist advisory committees provide Pharmac with objective specialist knowledge and expertise within specific clinical areas, such as diabetes, cancer, and mental health. They meet as needed to discuss issues within their clinical areas.
The specialist advisory committees have a different, but complementary, role from PTAC. Their expertise and perspectives can differ from PTAC.
PTAC and specialist advisory committees may make recommendations to Pharmac that differ from each other when looking at the same evidence. Pharmac considers the recommendations provided by all our clinical advisory committees when assessing applications.
Members of specialist advisory committees are appointed by the Pharmac board. They are not Pharmac employees, but we do pay for their travel and time.
Note: before November 2021, specialist advisory committees were called Subcommittees.
Members of the Analgesic Advisory Committee
- Dr Tipu Aamir – Pain Medicine Specialist
- Dr Leinani Aiono-Le Tagaloa – Pain Specialist
- Prof Brian Anderson – Paediatric Anaesthetist / Intensivist (PTAC Member)
- Dr Catherine D'Souza – Director Palliative Care
- Dr Bruce King – Specialist Internal Medicine and Nephrology (PTAC Member)
- Dr Giles Newton-Howes – Psychiatrist
- Dr Christopher Lynch – Neurologist
- Dr Jane Thomas – Paediatric Anaesthetist (PTAC Chair)
- Dr Alana Wilson – Specialist General Practitioner
Records of the Analgesic Advisory Committee
- 2022-05 Analgesic Advisory Committee record (published 12 August 2022) [PDF, 361 KB]
- 2019-12 Analgesic Subcommittee record (published 3 March 2020) [PDF, 181 KB]
- 2018-03 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes (published 4 September 2018) [PDF, 293 KB]
- 2016-03 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes (published 29 June 2016) [PDF, 57 KB]
- 2014-12 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 28 KB]
- 2013-09 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 30 KB]
- 2012-04 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 48 KB]
- 2010-04 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 104 KB]
- 2009-03 Analgesic Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 101 KB]
Members of the Anti-Infective Advisory Committee
- Prof Rhiannon Braund – Clinical Pharmacist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Emma Best – Paediatric Infectious Diseases Consultant
- Dr Simon Briggs – Infectious Diseases Physician
- Dr James Chisnall – General Practitioner
- Dr Simon Dalton – Infectious Diseases and General Physician
- Dr Elizabeth Dennett – General Surgery – Colorectal (PTAC Member)
- Mr Eamon Duffy – Antimicrobial Pharmacist
- Prof Ed Gane – Hepatologist
- Dr Sean Hanna – General Practitioner
- Dr Jane Morgan – Sexual Health Physician
Records of the Anti-Infective Advisory Committee
- 2022-09 Anti-Infective Advisory Committee record (published 13 April 2023) [PDF, 168 KB]
- 2020-09 Anti-infective Subcommittee record (published 16 March 2021) [PDF, 132 KB]
- 2019-05 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes (published 29 August 2019) [PDF, 386 KB]
- 2017-11 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes (updated 19 September 2018) [PDF, 143 KB]
- 2016-10 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes (published 15 May 2017) [PDF, 112 KB]
- 2015-11 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes (published 27 May 2016) [PDF, 48 KB]
- 2014-12 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 148 KB]
- 2014-02 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 77 KB]
- 2012-12 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 67 KB]
- 2012-05 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2012-03 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 69 KB]
- 2012-02 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 55 KB]
- 2010-10 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 73 KB]
- 2010-04 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 93 KB]
- 2008-12 Anti-Infective Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 115 KB]
Members of the Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee
- Dr Stephen Munn – Transplant Surgeon (Chair, PTAC Member)
- Dr Scott Babington – Radiation Oncologist
- Dr Oliver Brake – Haematologist
- Prof Christopher Frampton – Biostatistician
- Assoc Prof Chris Hemmings – Anatomic Pathologist
- Dr Richard Isaacs – Medical Oncologist
- Dr Allanah Kilfoyle – Haematologist
- Dr Alice Loft – Medical Oncologist
- Dr Vidya Mathavan – Haematologist
- Dr Anne O'Donnell – Oncologist
- Dr Matthew Strother – Medical Oncologist (PTAC Member)
- Dr Lochie Teague – Paediatric Haematologist / Oncologist
- Dr Michelle Wilson – Medical Oncologist
Agenda for October 2023 meeting
- P-001946 Brentuximab - peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) (external link)
- P-001937 Netupitant/palonosetron – prevention of nausea and vomiting associated with anti-cancer treatment(external link)
- P-001890 Pembrolizumab - advanced Merkel cell carcinoma(external link)
- P-001908 Atezolizumab - adjuvant treatment of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)(external link)
- P-001801 Combination pertuzumab and trastuzumab SC injection - HER2-positive breast cancer(external link)
- P-001925 Durvalumab - advanced biliary tract cancer(external link)
- P-001886 Pembrolizumab – advanced triple negative breast cancer(external link)
- P-001883 Pembrolizumab – early stage triple negative breast cancer(external link)
Update on the agenda with more detail
Records of the Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee
- 2023-04-28 Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee record [PDF, 1.1 MB] (published 30 August 2023)
- 2023-01-27 Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee record [PDF, 154 KB] (published 4 July 2023)
- 2022-10-28 Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee record [PDF, 355 KB] (published 14 April 2023)
- 2022-10-14 Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee record [PDF, 220 KB] (published 14 February 2023)
- 2022-04 Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee record [PDF, 846 KB] (published 20 July 2022)
- 2022-04-08 Excerpt: Lung cancer treatments Cancer Treatment Advisory Committee record [PDF, 204 KB](published 30 June 2022)
- 2021-11-4/5 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee record (published 9 March 2022) [PDF, 698 KB]
- 2021-07 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee record (published 28 October 2021) [PDF, 533 KB]
- 2021-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee record (published 2 August 2021) [PDF, 878 KB]
- 2021-02 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee record (published 3 May 2021) [PDF, 304 KB]
- 2020-10 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee record (published 25 February 2021) [PDF, 636 KB]
- 2020-07 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee record (published 6 October 2020) [PDF, 481 KB]
- 2019-10 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee record (published 14 February 2020) [PDF, 588 KB]
- 2019-07 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee record (published 22 October 2019) [PDF, 434 KB]
- 2019-04 Cancer Treatment Subcommittee minutes (published 2 August 2019) [PDF, 710 KB]
- 2018-09 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes (published 18 December 2018) [PDF, 692 KB]
- 2018-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes (published 13 July 2018) [PDF, 306 KB]
- 2017-08 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 423 KB](republished 30 October 2018)
- 2017-03 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 276 KB] (republished 30 October 2018)
- 2016-09 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes (published 16 December 2016) [PDF, 424 KB]
- 2016-05 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee teleconference minutes [PDF, 121 KB]
- 2016-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 452 KB]
- 2016-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minute - nivolumab [PDF, 30 KB]
- 2015-09 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 83 KB]
- 2015-09 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minute - pembrolizumab [PDF, 64 KB]
- 2015-03 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 535 KB]
- 2014-10 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 66 KB]
- 2014-03 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 99 KB]
- 2013-09 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 195 KB]
- 2013-03 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 76 KB]
- 2012-10 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 154 KB]
- 2012-03 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 48 KB]
- 2011-11 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 178 KB]
- 2011-08 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 98 KB]
- 2011-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 131 KB]
- 2010-11 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 145 KB]
- 2010-08 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 100 KB]
- 2010-04 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 140 KB]
- 2009-11 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 116 KB]
- 2009-06 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 119 KB]
- 2009-02 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 88 KB]
- 2008-06 Cancer Treatments Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 141 KB]
Members of the Cardiovascular Advisory Committee
- Dr Andrew Aitken – Cardiologist
- Dr Mayanna Lund – Cardiologist
- Dr Richard Medlicott – General Practitioner
- Prof Mark Webster – Consultant Cardiologist
- Dr Samuel Whittaker – General Practitioner
Records of the Cardiovascular Advisory Committee
- 2022-06 Record of the Cardiovascular Advisory Committee (published 17 October 2022) [PDF, 409 KB]
- 2019-05 Cardivascular Subcommittee minutes (updated 29 July 2019) [PDF, 803 KB]
- 2017-09 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes (updated 29 January 2019) [PDF, 125 KB] [PDF, 178 KB]
- 2016-02 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes (published 20 September 2016) [PDF, 141 KB]
- 2014-02 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 75 KB]
- 2012-06 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 100 KB]
- 2011-09 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 28 KB]
- 2010-10 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 116 KB]
- 2008-08 Cardiovascular Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 58 KB]
Dermatology Advisory Committee
- Prof Lisa Stamp – Rheumatologist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Marius Rademaker – Dermatologist (Co-Chair, PTAC member)
- Prof Rhiannon Braund – Clinical Pharmacist (PTAC member)
- Dr Martin Denby – General Practitioner
- Dr Paul Jarrett – Dermatologist
- Dr Sharad Paul – General Practitioner
- Dr Diana Purvis – Dermatologist / Paediatrician
Minutes of the Dermatology Subcommittee
- 2021-08 Dermatology and Ophthalmology Subcommittee combined meeting record (published 17 November 2021) [PDF, 87 KB]
- 2020-11 Dermatology Subcommittee record (published 26 February 2021) [PDF, 379 KB]
- 2020-10 Dermatology and Ophthalmology Subcommittee combined meeting record (published 02 March 2021) [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2017-10 Dermatology Subcommittee minutes (published 15 February 2018) [PDF, 297 KB]
- 2015-11 Dermatology Subcommittee minutes (published 29 June 2016) [PDF, 103 KB]
- 2013-12 Dermatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 165 KB]
- 2012-05 Dermatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 50 KB]
Members of the Diabetes Advisory Committee
- Dr Elizabeth Dennett – General Surgery – Colorectal (Chair, PTAC Member)
- Dr Nic Crook – Diabetologist
- Dr Sean Hanna – General Practitioner
- Dr Bruce King – Specialist Internal Medicine and Nephrology (PTAC member)
- Dr Helen Lunt – Adult Diabetes Specialist
- Dr Karen MacKenzie – Paediatric Endocrinologist
- Dr Diana McNeill – General Physician / Diabetes Specialist
- Prof Rinki Murphy – Specialist Diabetes Physician
- Ms Angela Renall – Clinical Pharmacist
- Ms Kate Smallman – Diabetes Nurse Specialist / Prescriber
- Dr Esko Wiltshire – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Records of the Diabetes Advisory Committee
- 2023-04 Diabetes Specialist Advisory Committee Record of discussion of RFP for CGMs and insulin pumps (published 11 July 2023) [PDF, 167 KB]
- 2022-10 Diabetes Specialist Advisory Committee Record (published 21 December 2022) [PDF, 173 KB]
- 2021-09 Diabetes Specialist Advisory Committee Record (published 11 January 2022) [PDF, 356 KB]
- 2019-03 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes (published 6 May 2019) [PDF, 328 KB]
- 2016-10 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes (published 3 May 2017) [PDF, 259 KB]
- 2015-10 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes (published 10 December 2015) [PDF, 11 KB]
- 2015-04 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 94 KB]
- 2014-08 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 77 KB]
- 2013-12 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 30 KB]
- 2012-04 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 86 KB]
- 2011-12 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2011-07 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2011-03 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 29 KB]
- 2009-08 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 108 KB]
- 2008-06 Diabetes Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 50 KB]
Members of the Endocrinology Advisory Committee
- Dr Simon Wynn Thomas – General Practitioner (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Richard Carroll – Endocrinologist
- Dr Carl Eagleton – Endocrinologist
- Prof Alistair Gunn – Paediatric Endocrinologist
- Dr Bruce King – Specialist Internal Medicine and Nephrology (PTAC member)
- Dr Stella Milsom – Endocrinologist
- Dr Bruce Small – General Practitioner
- Dr Esko Wiltshire – Paediatric Endocrinologist
Records of the Endocrinology Advisory Committee
- 2022-08 Endocrinology Advisory Committee Record (published 1 February 2023) [PDF, 235 KB]
- 2021-03 Endocrinology Subcommittee Records (published 28 June 2021) [PDF, 508 KB]
- 2018-05 Endocrinology Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) (published 18 June 2018) [PDF, 130 KB]
- 2016-06 Endocrinology Subcommittee minutes (published 3 March 2017) [PDF, 250 KB]
- 2016-01 Endocrinology Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) (published 18 Feb 2016) [PDF, 1.2 MB]
- 2014-06 Endocrinology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 77 KB]
- 2012-05 Endocrinology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 54 KB]
- 2009-10 Growth Hormone Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 154 KB]
- 2009-08 Osteoporosis Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 108 KB]
- 2009-03 Osteoporosis Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 70 KB]
Members of the Gastrointestinal Advisory Committee
- Dr Bruce King – Specialist Internal Medicine and Nephrology (Chair, PTAC member)
- Prof Murray Barclay – Clinical Pharmacologist / Gastroenterologist
- Dr Jonathan Bishop – Paediatric Gastroenterologist
- Assoc Prof Alan Fraser – Gastroenterologist (PTAC member)
- Assoc Prof Michael Schultz – Gastroenterologist
- Assoc Prof Catherine Stedman – Gastroenterologist / Hepatologist and Clinical Pharmacologist
- Dr Russell Walmsley – Gastroenterologist
- Dr Simon Wynn Thomas – General Practitioner (PTAC member)
Records of the Gastrointestinal Advisory Committee
- 2022-08 Gastrointestinal Advisory Committee (published 7 February 2023) [PDF, 222 KB]
- 2021-08 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee records (published 17 November 2021) [PDF, 95 KB]
- 2020-10 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee records (published 02 March 2021) [PDF, 20 KB]
- 2018-10 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee minutes (published 14 January 2019) [PDF, 113 KB]
- 2017-03 Gastrointestional Subcommittee minutes (updated 14 March 2018) [PDF, 405 KB]
- 2014-05 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee minutes (published 26 February 2015) [PDF, 124 KB]
- 2012-12 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 80 KB]
- 2012-04 Gastrointestinal Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 99 KB]
Members of the Haematology Advisory Committee
- Prof Brian Anderson – Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Specialist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Paul Harper – Haematologist
- Dr Eileen Merriman – Haematologist
- Assoc Prof Paul Ockelford – Haematologist
- Dr Julia Phillips – Haematologist
- Dr Lochie Teague – Paediatric Haematologist / Oncologist
Records of the Haematology Advisory Committee
- 2022-11 Haemotology Advisory Committee Record (published 10 July 2023) [PDF, 257 KB]
- 2021-11 Haematology Advisory Committee Record (published 1 March 2022) [PDF, 262 KB]
- 2019-01 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 6 May 2019) [PDF, 157 KB]
- 2017-10 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 23 February 2018) [PDF, 317 KB]
- 2016-03 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 1 July 2016 - amended 23 February 2018) [PDF, 233 KB]
- 2014-10 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 3 June 2015) [PDF, 54 KB]
- 2013-11 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 13 May 2014) [PDF, 90 KB]
- 2012-08 Haematology Subcommittee minutes (published 18 Sep 2013) [PDF, 137 KB]
Members of the Immunisation Advisory Committee
- Dr Stephen Munn – Transplant Surgeon (Chair, PTAC member)
- Prof Stuart Dalziel – Paediatrician
- Dr Sean Hanna – General Practitioner
- Prof Karen Hoare – Nurse Practitioner / Senior Lecturer
- Assoc Prof Lance Jennings – Clinical Virologist
- Dr Osman Mansoor – Public Health Physician / Medical Officer of Health
- Dr Edwin (Gary) Reynolds – General Practitioner
- Dr Michael Tatley – Director of New Zealand Pharmacovigilance Centre
- Assoc Prof Nikki Turner – Director of Immunisation
- Dr Tony Walls – Paediatrician / Infectious Diseases Specialist
- Dr Elizabeth Wilson – Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
Records of the Immunisation Advisory Committee
- 2023-03 Immunisation Advisory Committee record [PDF, 283 KB] (published 11 July 2023)
- 2022-09 Immunisation Advisory Committee (published 9 December 2022) [PDF, 212 KB] (Partial record was published 1 December 2022)
- 2022-05 Immunisation Advisory Committee (published 28 September 2022) [PDF, 245 KB]
- 2022-04 Immunisation Advisory Committee (published 21 September 2022) [PDF, 160 KB]
- 2021-08 Immunisation Subcommittee Record (published 22 December 2021) [PDF, 294 KB]
- 2020-09 Immunisation Subcommittee Record (published 24 November 2020) [PDF, 129 KB]
- 2019-10 Immunisation Subcommittee records (published 16 March 2020) [PDF, 264 KB]
- 2019-03 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (published 26 June 2019) [PDF, 219 KB]
- 2018-09 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (published 21 December 2018) [PDF, 457 KB]
- 2018-05 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (republished 12 December 2018) [PDF, 190 KB]
- 2017-07 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (updated 3 September 2018) [PDF, 175 KB] [PDF, 175 KB]
- 2016-05 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (published 24 April 2017) [PDF, 165 KB]
- 2015-10 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (published 1 March 2016) [PDF, 58 KB]
- 2015-02 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 41 KB]
- 2014-09 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 49 KB]
- 2014-02 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 72 KB]
- 2013-09 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 240 KB]
- 2013-04 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 82 KB]
- 2013-03 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 71 KB]
- 2013-02 Immunisation Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 30 KB]
Members of the Mental Health Advisory Committee
- Assoc Prof Alan Fraser – Gastroenterologist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr David Chinn – Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
- Dr Bronwyn Copeland – Consultant Psychiatrist
- Dr Sean Hanna – General Practitioner
- Dr Verity Humberstone – Psychiatrist
- Dr Jeremy McMinn – Consultant Psychiatrist Addiction Specialist
- Assoc Prof David Menkes – Psychiatrist
- Dr Giles Newton-Howes – Psychiatrist
- Dr Cathy Stephenson – General Practitioner / Sexual Assault Medical Examiner
- Kyra Sycamore – Pharmacist
- Karyn Whatson – Nurse Practitioner
Records of the Mental Health Advisory Committee
- 2023-07 Mental Health Advisory Committee Record on ADHD renewal criteria (published 28 September 2023) [PDF, 137 KB]
- 2022-02 Mental Health Advisory Committee Record (published 17 May 2022) [PDF, 296 KB]
- 2021-09 Mental Health Subcommittee Record (published 6 December 2021) [PDF, 372 KB]
- 2019-02 Neurological and Mental Health Joint Subcommittee minutes Lamotrigine (published 11 April 2019) [PDF, 194 KB]
- 2018-06 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes (published 5 October 2018) [PDF, 128 KB]
- 2016-11 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes (published 8 March 2017, updated 31 July 2017) [PDF, 167 KB]
- 2015-06 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes (published 24 November 2015) [PDF, 12 KB]
- 2013-07 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 121 KB]
- 2012-06 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 46 KB]
- 2010-06 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 42 KB]
- 2009-07 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 98 KB]
- 2008-05 Mental Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 63 KB]
Members of the Nephrology Advisory Committee
- Dr Elizabeth Dennett – General Surgery – Colorectal (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Caroline Chembo – Renal Physician
- Dr Nick Cross – Nephrologist
- Dr Colin Hutchison – Nephrologist
- Dr Bruce King – Specialist Internal Medicine and Nephrology (PTAC member)
- Dr Kannaiyan Rabindranath – Consultant Nephrologist
- Dr William Wong – Paediatric Nephrologist
Records of the Nephrology Advisory Committee
- 2023-03 Nephrology Advisory Committee meeting record (published 2 August 2023) [PDF, 205 KB]
- 2018-03 Nephrology Subcommittee minutes (published 26 November 2018) [PDF, 263 KB]
- 2016-12 Nephrology Subcommittee minutes (published 27 February 2018) [PDF, 202 KB]
- 2014-12 Nephrology Subcommitte minutes (published 18 November 2015) [PDF, 86 KB]
Members of the Neurological Advisory Committee
- Prof Brian Anderson – Paediatric Anaesthetist / Intensivist (PTAC Member)
- Dr Sarah Buchanan – Neurologist
- Dr John Fink – Neurologist
- Dr John Mottershead – Neurologist
- Dr Giles Newton-Howes – Psychiatrist
- Prof Lynette Sadlier – Paediatric Neurologist
- Dr Paul Timmings – Neurologist
Agenda for 19 September 2023 meeting
- P-001855 Rotigotine (Neupro) – Parkinson’s disease(external link)
- P-001882 Natalizumab (subcutaneous administration) (TYSABRI®) – Relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS)(external link)
- P-001838 Lacosamide syrup (Te Arai) – Epilepsy, 3rd line(external link)
- P-001874 Galcanezumab (Emgality) – Episodic migraine(external link)
- P-001851 Galcanezumab (Emgality) – Prevention of chronic migraine(external link)
- P-001953 Erenumab (Aimoviq) – Episodic migraine(external link)
- P-001702 Erenumab (Aimoviq) – Chronic migraine(external link)
- P-001962 Atogepant (AQUIPTA) – Prophylaxis of episodic migraine in adults(external link)
- P-001963 Atogepant (AQUIPTA) – Prophylaxis of chronic migraine in adults(external link)
- P-001752 Siponimod (MAYZENT) –Treatment of patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS)(external link)
Records of the Neurological Advisory Committee
- 2021-10 Neurological Specialist Advisory Committee Record (published 11 February 2022) [PDF, 270 KB]
- 2021-07 Neurological and Rare Disorders Subcommittee joint record (published 30 September 2021) [PDF, 177 KB]
- 2021-03 Neurological and Rare Disorders Joint Subcommittee record (published 24 May 2021) [PDF, 193 KB]
- 2019-02 Neurological and Mental Health Joint Subcommittee minutes Lamotrigine (published 11 April 2019) [PDF, 194 KB]
- 2019-02 Neurological Subcommittee minutes Rituximab (published 11 April 2019) [PDF, 254 KB]
- 2018-07 Neurological Subcommittee minutes (published 4 December 2018) [PDF, 157 KB]
- 2016-11 Neurological Subcommittee minutes (published 21 April 2017) [PDF, 260 KB]
- 2015-11 Neurological Subcommittee minutes (published 21 April 2016) [PDF, 51 KB]
- 2014-08 Neurological Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 16 KB]
- 2013-09 Neurological Subcommittee minutes (updated 20 April 2017) [PDF, 307 KB]
- 2012-07 Neurological Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 35 KB]
- 2010-08 Neurological Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 16 KB]
- 2009-04 Neurological Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 62 KB]
Members of the Ophthalmology Advisory Committee
- Dr Stephen Munn – Transplant Surgeon (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Jim Bartley – Otolaryngologist
- Dr Logan Robinson – Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon
- Dr Jo Sims – Ophthalmologist
- Prof Lisa Stamp – Rheumatologist (PTAC member)
- Dr Samuel Whittaker – General Practitioner
- Dr Michelle Wong – Otolaryngologist
Records of the Ophthalmology Advisory Committee
- 2021-08 Opthalmology and Dermatology combined meeting record (published 17 November 2021) [PDF, 87 KB]
- 2021-06 Opthalmology Subcommittee record (published 29 September 2021) [PDF, 288 KB]
- 2020-10 Opthalmology and Dermatology combined meeting record (published 02 March 2021) [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2017-09 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes (published 12 March 2018) [PDF, 380 KB]
- 2016-02 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes (published 9 June 2016) [PDF, 99 KB]
- 2014-10 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 135 KB]
- 2013-05 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 9 KB]
- 2012-03 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 28 KB]
- 2010-05 Ophthalmology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 80 KB]
Members of the Rare Disorders Advisory Committee
- Prof Rhiannon Braund – Clinical Pharmacist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr James Cleland – Neurologist and Neurophysiologist
- Dr Emma Glamuzina – Metabolic Consultant
- Prof Carlo Marra – Dean of the School of Pharmacy, University of Otago
- Dr Katherine Neas – Clinical Geneticist
- Prof Tim Stokes – General Practitioner (PTAC member)
Records of the Rare Disorders Advisory Committee
- 2023-03 Rare Disorders Advisory Committee record (published 10 August 2023) [PDF, 525 KB]
- 2021-07 Neurological and Rare Disorders Subcommittee joint record (published 30 September 2021) [PDF, 177 KB]
- 2021-03 Neurological and Rare Disorders Joint Subcommittee record (published 24 May 2021) [PDF, 193 KB]
- 2018-11 Rare Disorders Subcommittee minutes (published 12 February 2019) [PDF, 713 KB]
- 2019-09 Rare Disorders Subcommittee minutes _Nusinersen (published 17 December 2019) [PDF, 225 KB]
- 2019-09 Rare Disorder Subcommittee Record (published 17 January 2020) [PDF, 394 KB]
Members of the Reproductive and Sexual Health Advisory Committee
- Dr Simon Wynn Thomas – General Practitioner (Chair, PTAC member)
- Prof Rhiannon Braund – Clinical Pharmacist (PTAC member)
- Dr Debbie Hughes – General Practitioner
- Dr Jane Morgan – Sexual Health Physician
- Dr Ian Page – Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Dr Helen Paterson – Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Dr Christine Roke – Sexual Health Physician
Records of the Reproductive and Sexual Health Subcommittee
- 2021-11 Reproductive and Sexual Health Specialist Advisory Committee Record (published 11 February 2022) [PDF, 170 KB]
- 2017-04 Reproductive and Sexual Health Subcommittee minutes (published 31 October 2017) [PDF, 215 KB]
- 2015-10 Reproductive and Sexual Health Subcommittee teleconference minutes (published 18 Feb 2016) [PDF, 18 KB]
- 2014-07 Reproductive and Sexual Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 81 KB]
- 2012-06 Reproductive and Sexual Health Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 48 KB]
- 2009-05 Hormone and Contraceptive Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 71 KB]
Members of the Respiratory Advisory Committee
- Dr Matthew Strother – Medical Oncologist (Chair, PTAC Member)
- Dr Tim Christmas – Respiratory Physician
- Prof Stuart Dalziel – Paediatrician
- Dr Greg Frazer – Respiratory Physician
- Dr David McNamara – Paediatric Respiratory Physician
- Betty Poot – Nurse Practitioner
- Dr Justin Travers – Respiratory Physician
- Dr Neil Whittaker – General Practitioner
Minutes of the Respiratory Advisory Committee
- 2022-04 Respiratory Advisory Committee record (published 2 September 2022) [PDF, 545 KB]
- Note: Trikafta excerpt was originally published on 1 August 2022
- 2021-08 Respiratory Subcommittee record (published 26 October 2021) [PDF, 260 KB]
- 2020-10 Respiratory Subcommittee record (published 11 March 2021) [PDF, 661 KB]
- 2017-08 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes (published 14 March 2018) [PDF, 397 KB]
- 2015-09 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes (published 1 April 2016) [PDF, 209 KB]
- 2015-03 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 58 KB]
- 2014-04 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 37 KB]
- 2013-05 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 89 KB]
- 2010-07 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 27 KB]
- 2010-02 Respiratory Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 52 KB]
Members of the Rheumatology Advisory Committee
- Dr Priscilla Campbell-Stokes – Paediatric Rheumatologist
- Dr Keith Colvine – Rheumatologist and General Physician
- Dr Michael Corkill – Rheumatologist
- Dr Elizabeth Dennett – General Surgery – Colorectal (PTAC Member)
- Assoc Prof Alan Fraser – Gastroenterologist (PTAC member)
- Assoc Prof Andrew Harrison – Rheumatologist
- Dr Janet Hayward – General Physician
- Assoc Prof Will Taylor – Rheumatologist
Records of the Rheumatology Advisory Committee
- 2023-03 Rheumatology Specialist Advisory Committee Records (published 1 August 2023) [PDF, 288 KB]
- 2021-08 Rheumatology Specialist Advisory Committee Records (published 5 January 2022) [PDF, 186 KB]
- 2021-08 Rheumatology Subcommittee records (published 17 November 2021) [PDF, 83 KB]
- 2021-05 Rheumatology Subcommittee records (published 23 July 2021) [PDF, 184 KB]
- 2020-10 Rheumatology Subcommittee records (published 02 March 2021) [PDF, 22 KB]
- 2017-10 Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes (published 8 March 2018) [PDF, 349 KB]
- 2015-10 Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes (published 11 March 2016) [PDF, 78 KB]
- 2014-10 Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 60 KB]
- 2014-07 Rheumatology Subcommittee Teleconference minutes (published 21 May 2020) [PDF, 75 KB]
- 2013-10 Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 36 KB]
- 2011-10 Ad-hoc Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 105 KB]
- 2011-03 Ad-Hoc Rheumatology Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 70 KB]
Members of the Special Foods Advisory Committee
- Assoc Prof Alan Fraser – Gastroenterologist (PTAC member)
- Mrs Kim Herbison – Paediatric Dietitian
- Miss Nicola Hartley – Dietitian, Clinical Leader – Acute Inpatient Services
- Prof Jennifer Martin – Clinical Pharmacologist
- Ms Nicola McCarthy – Clinical Dietitian
- Dr Amin Roberts – Paediatric Gastroenterologist
- Dr Russell Walmsley – Gastroenterologist
- Dr Jocy Wood – General Practitioner
- Ms Victoria Woollett (nee Logan) – Community Dietitian
Records of the Special Foods Advisory Committee
- 2017-12 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes (published 29 August 2018) [PDF, 564 KB]
- 2015-07 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes (published 8 March 2016) [PDF, 50 KB]
- 2013-12 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 125 KB]
- 2013-09 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 24 KB]
- 2012-09 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes (teleconference) [PDF, 58 KB]
- 2012-08 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 46 KB]
- 2010-05 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 100 KB]
- 2010-06 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 87 KB]
- 2009-12 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 63 KB]
- 2009-10 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 112 KB]
- 2008-11 Special Foods Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 126 KB]
Members of the Tender Clinical Advisory Committee
- Prof Rhiannon Braund – Clinical Pharmacist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Prof Brian Anderson – Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Specialist (PTAC member)
- Nerissa Dalusong – Pharmacy Technician & Team Leader, Aseptic Production Unit
- Ms Amy Hina – Nurse Practitioner
- Dr Liza Lack – General Practitioner, Clinical Director
- Mr Craig MacKenzie – Hospital Pharmacist
- Miss Stephanie Noble – Pharmacist
- Ms Clare Randall – Palliative Care Clinical Pharmacist
- Mr Geoff Savell – Pharmacist
- Ms Amanda Stanfield – Community Pharmacist
- Ms Helen Topia – Nurse Practitioner / Clinical Educator
- Ms Lorraine Welman – Chief Pharmacist
Records
N/A
Members of the Transplant Immunosuppressant Advisory Committee
- Dr Marius Rademaker – Dermatologist (Chair, PTAC member)
- Dr Helen Evans – Paediatric Gastroenterologist
- Prof Stephen Munn – Transplant Surgeon (PTAC member)
- Dr Grant Pidgeon – Renal Physician
- Prof Lisa Stamp – Rheumatologist (PTAC member)
Records of the Transplant Immunosuppressant Advisory Committee
- 2017-10 Transplant Immunosuppressant Subcommittee minutes (published 20 September 2018) [PDF, 171 KB]
- 2015-05 Transplant Immunosuppressant Subcommittee minutes (published 12 April 2016) [PDF, 14 KB]
- 2012-09 Transplant Immunosuppressant Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 85 KB]
- 2010-03 Transplant Immunosuppressant Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 17 KB]
- 2008-09 Transplant Immunosuppressant Subcommittee minutes [PDF, 112 KB]
Hospital Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee (disestablished)
- Assoc. Prof. Mark Weatherall (Chair, PTAC Chair) – Geriatrician
- Mr William (Billy) Allan – Pharmacist
- Prof Murray Barclay – Clinical Pharmacologist
- Ms Marilyn Crawley – Pharmacist
- Dr Matthew Dawes – Clinical Pharmacologist
- Ms Jan Goddard – Pharmacist
- Dr Andrew Herbert – Consultant Gastroenterologist
- Mr Christopher Jay – Pharmacist
- Dr Andrew Stanley – Respiratory Physician
- Dr Paul Tomlinson – Paediatrician
Minutes
- 2013-02 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Blood and blood-forming organs [PDF, 155 KB]
- 2013-02 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Oncology agents and immunosuppresants [PDF, 93 KB]
- 2013-02 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Special foods [PDF, 223 KB]
- 2013-02 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Vaccines [PDF, 45 KB]
- 2013-02 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Various [PDF, 56 KB]
- 2012-11 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Dermatologicals [PDF, 94 KB]
- 2012-11 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Genito-urinary [PDF, 60 KB]
- 2012-11 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Hormone preparations [PDF, 95 KB]
- 2012-11 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Nervous system [PDF, 190 KB]
- 2012-09 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Alimentary tract and metabolism [PDF, 110 KB]
- 2012-09 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Infections [PDF, 198 KB]
- 2012-09 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Respiratory [PDF, 115 KB]
- 2012-09 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Sensory organs [PDF, 104 KB]
- 2012-08 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Cardiovascular system [PDF, 152 KB]
- 2012-08 Hospital Pharmaceuticals Review - Musculoskeletal system [PDF, 143 KB]
Rare Disorders Subcommittee contestable pilot process (disestablished)
- Professor Carl Burgess (Chair) – Physician / Clinical Pharmacologist
- Dr Stuart Dalziel (Deputy Chair, PTAC member) – Paediatrician
- Dr George Laking – Oncologist
- Dr Graham Mills – Infectious Disease Physician
- Dr Howard Wilson – General Practitioner / Pharmacologist
Minutes
- 2014-06 Rare Disorders Subcommittee minutes (published 8 July 2014) [PDF, 37 KB]
- 2019-09 Rare Disorders Subcommittee minute on nusinersin (Spinraza) (Published 17 December 2019) [PDF, 218 KB]
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Subcommittee (disestablished)
- Dr Howard Wilson (Chair) – General Practitioner / Pharmacologist
- Dr Andrew Aitken – Cardiologist
- Dr Lutz Beckert – Respiratory Physician
- Dr Clare O’Donnell – Paediatric Congenital Cardiologist
- Dr Kenneth Whyte – Respiratory Physician