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: Berocca
Active Ingredients: Ascorbic acid 500mg
Biotin 0.15mg
Calcium carbonate 244mg equiv to Calcium 97.7mg
Calcium pantothenate 25mg equiv to pantothenic acid 23mg, calcium 2.3mg
Cyanocobalamin 0.01mg
Folic acid 0.4mg
Heavy magnesium carbonate 121.8mg equiv to magnesium 30.6mg
Light magnesium oxide 115mg equiv to magnesium 69.4mg
Nicotinamide 50mg
Pyridoxine hydrochloride 10mg
Riboflavin 15mg
Thiamine nitrate 14.57mg equiv to thiamine hydrochloride anhydrous 15mg
Zinc citrate 32.05mg equivalent to zinc 10mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Consumer Health, Division of Roche Products (N Z) Limited
Manufacturer: Roche Products Limited, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Product: Chirocaine
Active Ingredient: Levobupivacaine hydrochloride 0.718mg/mL equivalent to levobupivacaine 0.625mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Abbott Laboratories Limited, Town of Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Product: Chirocaine
Active Ingredient: Levobupivacaine hydrochloride 1.436mg/mL equivalent to levobupivacaine 1.25mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Abbott Laboratories Limited, Town of Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Product: Ezetrol
Active Ingredient: Ezetimibe 10mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Schering-Plough Products Inc, Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Product: NicabateCQ
Active Ingredient: Nicotine 2mg
Dosage Form: Lozenge
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare LP, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Product: NicabateCQ
Active Ingredient: Nicotine 4mg
Dosage Form: Lozenge
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare LP, Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Product: Nurofen Liquid Capsules
Active Ingredient: Ibuprofen 200mg/dose
Dosage Form: Liquid filled capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Boots Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Banner Pharmacaps Europe BV, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Product: Zomig Nasal Spray
Active Ingredient: Zolmitriptan 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Nasal spray solution
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturer: AstraZeneca UK Limited, Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Dated this 24th day of April 2003.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the
6th day of July 2001).