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: Exjade
Active Ingredient: Deferasirox 125mg
Dosage Form: Dispersible tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited Pharmaceutical Sector
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Product: Exjade
Active Ingredient: Deferasirox 250mg
Dosage Form: Dispersible tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited Pharmaceutical Sector
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Product: Exjade
Active Ingredient: Deferasirox 500mg
Dosage Form: Dispersible tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited Pharmaceutical Sector
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Product: Faslodex
Active Ingredient: Fulvestrant 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co Kg, Ravensburg, Germany
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Dated this 5th day of May 2006.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).