Revised: 24 July 2025
Information for Healthcare Professionals
This section provides information useful to healthcare professionals.
Medsafe Advice
| Date | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 7/1/2026 | Notices | Notice of Medsafe Office Closure Christmas/New Year 2025/2026 |
| 23/9/2025 | Alert Communication | Topiramate: New measures and advice to prevent exposure during pregnancy |
| 4/9/2025 | Committees | Classification Database was updated on 3 September 2025 |
| 4/9/2025 | Committees | Recent New Zealand Gazette Notices Relating to Classification |
| 4/9/2025 | Publications | Prescriber Update Vol. 46. No. 3 - September 2025 |
| 19/8/2025 | Notices | Medsafe performance statistics 2024/2025 |
| 13/8/2025 | Consultation | Clozapine: Proposed changes to blood monitoring and prescribing requirements - consultation questions for healthcare professionals - closes 8 October 2025 |
| 31/7/2025 | Committees | Medicines Classification Committee - Dates and Deadlines |
| 31/7/2025 | Monitoring Communication | Update - Anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (rituximab, ocrelizumab, obinutuzumab, ofatumumab) and the possible risk of pyoderma gangrenosum |
If you have an enquiry that is not answered by the information on the web site please contact us at askmedsafe@health.govt.nz.
