Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Provisional Consent to the Distribution of a New Medicine

Pursuant to section 23 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby provisionally consents to the sale, supply or use in New Zealand of the new medicine set out in the schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Herceptin
Active Ingredient(s): Trastuzumab 150mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer(s): F Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland
Note: This consent is valid for 2 years from the date of publication of this notice.
Dated this 20th day of December 2001.
G. R. BOYD, Chief Advisor, Safety and Regulation (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the 20th day of February 1997).