Consent to the Distribution of a New Medicine Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the new medicine set out in the Schedule hereto: Schedule Product: Amaryl. Active Ingredient(s): Glimepiride 1 mg. Dosage Form: Tablet. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel SpA, Scoppito, L'Aquila, Italy. PharmAction Manufacturing Pty Limited, Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Product: Amaryl. Active Ingredient(s): Glimepiride 2 mg. Dosage Form: Tablet. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel SpA, Scoppito, L'Aquila, Italy. PharmAction Manufacturing Pty Limited, Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Product: Amaryl. Active Ingredient(s): Glimepiride 3 mg. Dosage Form: Tablet. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel SpA, Scoppito, L'Aquila, Italy. PharmAction Manufacturing Pty Limited, Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Product: Amaryl. Active Ingredient(s): Glimepiride 4 mg. Dosage Form: Tablet. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel SpA, Scoppito, L'Aquila, Italy. PharmAction Manufacturing Pty Limited, Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Product: Amaryl. Active Ingredient(s): Glimepiride 6 mg. Dosage Form: Tablet. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel SpA, Scoppito, L'Aquila, Italy. PharmAction Manufacturing Pty Limited, Laverton North, Victoria, Australia. Product: Cardizem CD. Active Ingredient(s): Diltiazem hydrochloride 360 mg. Dosage Form: Modified release capsule. NZ Sponsor: Hoechst Marion Roussel (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Hoechst Marion Roussel Inc, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. Product: Nucolox. Active Ingredient(s): Maize Starch 37.5% w/w. Ispaghula husk 37.5% w/w. Dosage Form: Powder for oral suspension. NZ Sponsor: Pharmaco (NZ) Limited. Manufacturer(s): Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Limited, (Tablet manufacturing site), Croydon, Victoria, Australia. Product: Recofol. Active Ingredient(s): Propofol 10 mg/mL. Dosage Form: Emulsion for injection. NZ Sponsor: Pacific Pharmaceuticals Limited. Manufacturer(s): Santen Oy, Tampere, Finland. Product: Thrombotrol-VF. Active Ingredient(s): Antithrombin III 1,000IU. Dosage Form: Powder for injection. NZ Sponsor: CSL (New Zealand) Limited. Manufacturer(s): CSL Limited, Bioplasma Division, Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia. Dated this 3rd day of November 1999. G. R. BOYD, Chief Advisor, Safety and Regulation (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the 20th day of February 1997).