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 medicine set out in the schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Medco Paracetamol
Active Ingredient(s): Paracetamol DC90 556mg equivalent to 500mg paracetamol
Dosage Form: Coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: PSM Healthcare Limited
Manufacturer(s): PSM Healthcare Limited, Wiri, Auckland
Product: Panadeine Tension
Active Ingredient(s): Codeine phosphate (anhydrous) 8mg
Doxylamine succinate 5mg
Paracetamol 500mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: SmithKline Beecham (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer(s): SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Limited, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
SmithKline Beecham (Australia) Pty Limited, Ermington, New South Wales, Australia
Product: Visine True Tears Multidose Eye Drops
Active Ingredient(s): Macrogol 400 1%v/v
Glycerol 0.2%v/v
Hypromellose 0.2%w/v
Dosage Form: Eye drops, solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer Laboratories Limited
Manufacturer(s): Pfizer Inc, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States of America
Dated this 30th day of June 2000.
G. R. BOYD, Chief Advisor, Safety and Regulation (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the 20th day of February 1997).