Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, Ministry of Health)
Is Pramlintide legal in New Zealand?
Not approvedNo pramlintide product is approved, listed by Medsafe or funded in New Zealand
Not approved as a medicine here.
Medsafe's index of data sheets for consented medicines, revised 29 September 2026, lists no pramlintide product, and the October 2026 Pharmaceutical Schedule has no funded pramlintide. The Medsafe classification database has no separate pramlintide entry that could be found. Without ministerial consent (delegated to Medsafe), pramlintide cannot lawfully be sold, supplied or advertised, apart from narrow exemptions such as a prescriber obtaining it for a named patient. Medsafe's product search showed no pramlintide product on 29 September 2026.
Last verified 2026-09-29 · how we verify
Pramlintide elsewhere
Sources (5)
- 01Data sheets index (medicines with consent to be distributed in New Zealand)Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority) · 2026-09-29 · accessed 2026-09-29
- 02Pharmaceutical Schedule, October 2026 (Volume 33)Pharmac (Pharmaceutical Management Agency) · 2026-10 · accessed 2026-09-29
- 03Medicines Act 1981 (version as at 10 July 2026)New Zealand Parliamentary Counsel Office · 2026-07-10 · accessed 2026-09-29
- 04Use of Unapproved Medicines and Use of approved Medicines for an unapproved purposeMedsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority) · 2025-12-12 · accessed 2026-09-29
- 05Product/Application Search (product and application records searched by ingredient on 29 September 2026)Medsafe (New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority) · 2026-07-07 · accessed 2026-09-29