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 set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Dimetapp Cold & Flu Night Relief Liquid Caps
Active Ingredients: Dextromethorphan hydrobromide 10mg Doxylamine succinate 6.25mg Paracetamol 300mg Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 30mg
Dosage Form: Liquid filled capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Whitehall Consumer Healthcare (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: R P Scherer Holdings Pty Limited, Braeside, Victoria, Australia
Product: Exelon
Active Ingredient: Rivastigmine tartrate 3.2mg/mL equivalent to 2mg/mL rivastigmine base
Dosage Form: Oral solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Famar France, Orleans Cedex, France
Product: Rogaine (Women's)
Active Ingredient: Minoxidil 20mg/mL
Dosage Form : Topical solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacia Limited Company (trading as Pharmacia)
Manufacturers: Pharmacia NV/SA, Puurs, Belgium Pharmacia, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America
Dated this 18th 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).