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: Durogesic 12µg/h
Active Ingredient: Fentanyl 2.1mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited
Manufacturer: Alza Ireland Limited, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
Product: Imodium Melts
Active Ingredient: Loperamide hydrochloride 2mg
Dosage Form: Orodispersible tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited
Manufacturer: Cardinal Health UK 416 Limited, Blagrove, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Product: Truvada
Active Ingredients: Emtricitabine 200mg
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate 300mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Muir Hutchison Limited
Manufacturer: Patheon Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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).