Our year in numbers

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3.81 million

New Zealanders who received funded treatments 

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118,747

Estimated number of people benefitting from new treatments funded 

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$1.085 billion

Budget spent on medicines, related products, and vaccines (Combined Pharmaceutical Budget)

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$66.7 million

Money freed up from negotiations to reinvest in medicines, medical devices, and related products

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6

Number of new medicines funded

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16

Number of medicines with widened access

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38

Number of expert clinical advice meetings

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14,000

Hospital medical devices added to the Pharmaceutical Schedule under national contracts

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154,000

Hospital medical devices in the Pharmaceutical Schedule under national contracts

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$99 million

Value of additional hospital medical devices secured under contract

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$500 million

Total value of hospital medical devices under Pharmac contracts

 

These statistics are from the 2021/22 financial year (1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022) not the calendar year.