Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the changed medicine which was referred to the Minister of Health under the provisions of section 24 (5) of the Act and is set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Visudyne
Active Ingredient: Verteporfin 15mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Parkedale Pharmaceuticals Inc, Rochester, Michigan, United States of America
S P Pharmaceuticals (Subsidary of R P Scherer West Inc), Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Dated this 10th day of July 2002.
G. R. BOYD, Chief Advisor, Safety and Regulation (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the 20th day of February 1997).