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: Apo-Allopurinol
Active Ingredient: Allopurinol 100mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Apotex NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Apotex Inc, Weston, Ontario, Canada
Product: Apo-Allopurinol
Active Ingredient: Allopurinol 300mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Apotex NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Apotex Inc, Weston, Ontario, Canada
Product: Lemsip Max Cold & Flu Direct Blackcurrant
Active Ingredients: Paracetamol 1,000mg
Phenylephrine hydrochloride 12.2mg equivalent to phenylephrine 10mg
Dosage Form: Oral granules
New Zealand Sponsor: Reckitt Benckiser (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: The Boots Company Plc., Beeston, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Product: Skin Calm
Active Ingredient: Hydrocortisone 1%w/w
Dosage Form: Topical cream
New Zealand Sponsor: Boots Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: PSM Healthcare Limited trading as Healthcare Manufacturing Group Limited, Wiri, Auckland
Product: Vytorin
Active Ingredients: Ezetimibe 10mg
Simvastatin 10mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Singapore) Limited, Singapore
Merck Sharp & Dohme SpA, Pavia, Italy
Product: Vytorin
Active Ingredients: Ezetimibe 10mg
Simvastatin 20mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Singapore) Limited, Singapore
Merck Sharp & Dohme SpA, Pavia, Italy
Product: Vytorin
Active Ingredients: Ezetimibe 10mg
Simvastatin 40mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Singapore) Limited, Singapore
Merck Sharp & Dohme SpA, Pavia, Italy
Product: Vytorin
Active Ingredients: Ezetimibe 10mg
Simvastatin 80mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme (Singapore) Limited, Singapore
Merck Sharp & Dohme SpA, Pavia, Italy
Dated this 28th day of October 2005.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).