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: Salapin
Active Ingredient: Salbutamol sulphate 0.482mg/mL
Dosage Form: Syrup
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Pinewood Laboratories Limited, Ballymacarbry, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Product: Xalacom
Active Ingredients: Latanoprost 50Ág/mL
Timolol maleate 6.83mg/mL equivalent to timolol 5mg/mL
Dosage Form: Eye drops, solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Pharmacia NV/SA, Puurs, Belgium
Dated this 9th day of December 2004.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).