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: Aciclovir Cold Sore Cream
Active Ingredient: Aciclovir 5%w/w
Dosage Form: Topical cream
New Zealand Sponsor: Multichem NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Ltd, Manufacturing Division, District Raigad (Maharashtra), India
Product: Arrow - Citalopram
Active Ingredient: Citalopram hydrobromide 24.99mg equivalent to Citalopram 20mg (anhydrous)
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Arrow Pharm (Malta) Ltd, Hal Far, Malta,
Tropon GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Product: Ibuprofen
Active Ingredient: Ibuprofen 200mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Multichem NZ Limited
Manufacturer: IPCA Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (U T), India
Product: Robitussin Chesty Cough
Active Ingredient: Guaiphenesin 20mg/mL
Dosage Form: Oral solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Wyeth Consumer Healthcare A Division of Wyeth (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Interphil Laboratories Inc., Cabuyao, Laguna, Philippines
Dated this 29th day of October 2004.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).