Hon ANDREW LITTLE: The Government is requiring Pharmac to engage more with health consumer voices and to more actively collaborate and coordinate with other parts of the health administration. In some cases, the Ministry of Health will play its stewardship role—for example, in the development of vaccination and rare disorder strategies. Pharmac will have a critical role to play in these strategies, but it will not be an exclusive role—the days of the "Independent Republic of Pharmac" are over. Pharmac's purpose will be to secure the best possible procurement outcomes to achieve all of the objectives set by any strategy.