Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Provisional Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

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 medicines set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Benztrop
Active Ingredient: Benzatropine mesilate 2mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Pharmascience Inc, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Product: Luveris
Active Ingredient: Lutropin alfa, rch 75IU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Laboratories Serono SA, Aubonne, Switzerland
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Dated this 2nd day of May 2004.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on the
6th day of July 2001).