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  • Te Rārangi Rongoā Pharmaceutical Schedule

    Pharmaceutical Schedule

    The Pharmaceutical Schedule lists all the medicines funded for New Zealanders.

    • About the Schedule

      An introduction to the Schedule

    • Rules of the Schedule

      For pharmacists and prescribers using the Schedule

    • Community Schedule

      Search for funded medicines

    • Hospital Medicines (HML)

      Search for funded medicines for hospitals

    • Schedule Updates

      The monthly update to the Schedule

    • Hospital Medical Devices

      Read about our work with contracting medical devices for hospitals

  • Te pūtea me ngā umanga rongoā Medicine funding and supply

    Medicine funding and supply

    Find out how PHARMAC decides what medicines to fund, how to apply for a medicine to be funded and other questions about medicines you might have.

    • Make an application

      Apply to have a medicine funded for everyone or an individual.

    • Medicine notices (includes supply issues)

      Brand changes, supply issues and discontinuations

    • The funding process

      How funding applications are assessed

    • What you need to know about medicines

      Learn about generic medicines, biosimilars, vaccines and getting your prescription.

    • Medicine supply management

      Order condoms and smoking cessation products. Learn about PHARMAC's role in medicine supply.

  • Ngā pūrere hauora a te hōhipere Hospital medical devices

    Hospital medical devices

    PHARMAC contracts with device suppliers to ensure our hospitals can buy medical devices at fairer prices.

    • Category Information

      Find out which types of medical device we have contracted and the ones we're working on.

    • Growing our role in medical devices

      The goal for our work in medical devices

    • Device Advice

      Read and subscribe to our devices newsletter

  • Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    Te Tiriti o Waitangi

    • Te Whaioranga

      PHARMAC's Māori Responsiveness Strategy

    • Hauora Arotahi

      The Māori health areas of focus

    • Programmes to support Māori health

      Scholarships, awards and programmes

    • How we work with Whānau Ora

      Working with communities and Māori health providers

  • Ngā karere me ngā rauemi News and resources

    News and resources

    Check the current consultations, RFPs and tenders. Find our key resources for prescribers, pharmacists, researchers and the public.

    • News and updates

      Latest news from PHARMAC

    • Consultations and decisions

      Consultations, RFPs, tenders and our decisions

    • Order publications

      How to order a printed publication

    • Seminars

      Watch previous seminars

    • COVID-19

      Our response to COVID-19

    • PHARMAC's research

      Articles and reports produced by PHARMAC

  • Mō About

    About

    Learn more about who PHARMAC is and our goals. There are details about our Board and our expert advisors.

    • Strategic Direction

      Our plan to deliver the best health outcomes for New Zealanders

    • Pacific Responsiveness Strategy

      Our strategy to support Pacific people to live healthy lives.

    • Te Tiriti o Waitangi

      Our commitment to being Tiriti partners

    • What we do

      Learn more about PHARMAC's role and how we support the health system

    • Who we are

      Our Board, our senior leaders, and experts

    • How we get expert advice

      Advice we seek to make decisions

    • Working at PHARMAC

      Explore current vacancies

Search

Search PHARMAC's corporate website

Search for funded medicines and Special Authority forms

Search for medicines funded in hospitals.

Check the progress of a medicine funding application

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  3. What you need to know about medicines

What you need to know about medicines

This section contains information about medicines for people who take them. 

  • Generic medicines

    Generics work the same way.

  • Biological and biosimilar medicines

    What they are and what they mean for PHARMAC

  • Collecting and paying for medicines

    Answering your questions about prescriptions

  • Flu vaccines: PHARMAC’s role

    How we manage ordering influenza vaccines.

  • Pneumococcal vaccine

    Learn more about funded pneumococcal vaccines

  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung cancer postponed

    Update on funding of medicines like Keytruda

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