Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the new medicines which were referred to the Minister of Health under the provisions of section 24(5) of the Act and are set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

Product: Bexsero
Active Ingredients: Neisseria meningitidis group B factor H binding protein fusion protein 50mcg
Neisseria meningitidis group B neisseria adhesin A protein 50mcg
Neisseria meningitidis group B neisseria heparin binding antigen fusion protein 50mcg
Neisseria meningitidis sergroup B outer membrane vesicles 25mcg
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines SRL, Sovicille, Italy
   
Product: Clopidogrel Multichem
Active Ingredient: Clopidogrel besilate 112.1mg equivalent to clopidogrel 75mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Multichem NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Pharmathen SA, Pallini, Greece
Boehringer Ingelheim Hellas Single Member S.A., Koropi, Greece
Pharmathen International SA, Rodopi, Greece
   
Product: Fragmin
Active Ingredient: Dalteparin sodium 10000IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany
Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV, Puurs, Belgium
   
Product: Fragmin
Active Ingredient: Dalteparin sodium 12500IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany
Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV, Puurs, Belgium
Catalent France Limoges SAS, Limoges, France
   
Product: Fragmin
Active Ingredient: Dalteparin sodium 25000IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany
Pfizer Manufacturing Belgium NV, Puurs, Belgium
Catalent France Limoges SAS, Limoges, France
   
Product: Gazyva
Active Ingredient: Obinutuzumab 1000mg
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
   
Product: Keytruda
Active Ingredient: Pembrolizumab 25mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH t/a MSD Ireland (Carlow), Carlow, Ireland


Dated this 19th day of July 2022.

CHRIS JAMES, Group Manager, Medsafe, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 11 September 2013).