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: Colgate Sensitive Fresh Stripe Fluoride Toothpaste
Active Ingredients: Potassium nitrate 5%w/w Sodium monofluorophosphate 0.755%w/w
Dosage Form: Toothpaste
New Zealand Sponsor: Colgate-Palmolive Limited
Manufacturer: Colgate-Palmolive Pty Limited, Labrador, Queensland, Australia
Product: Imovax Polio
Active Ingredients: Polio virus type 1 40DAgU Polio virus type 2 8DAgU Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Aventis Pharma Limited
Manufacturer: Aventis Pasteur SA, Marcy L'Etoile, France
Product: Modavigil
Active Ingredient: Modafinil 100mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: CSL New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Laboratoires Macors, Auxerre, FranceLaboratoires Opodex Industrie, Villeneuve la Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine), France
Dated this 14th day of July 2004.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).