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: AQuify Multi-Purpose Solution
Active Ingredient: Polihexanide 0.0001%w/v
Dosage Form: Contact lens solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Ciba Vision Australia Pty Limited
Manufacturer: Ciba Vision Canada Inc - Sterile Manufacturing, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Product: Blink Contacts Eye Drops
Active Ingredient: Sodium hyaluronate 1.5mg/mL
Dosage Form: Contact lens solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Advanced Medical Optics Australia Pty Limited
Manufacturer: AMO Manufacturing Spain SL, Ctra Fuencarral-Alcobendas, Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
Product: Sensodyne Gentle Whitening Toothpaste
Active Ingredients: Potassium nitrate 50mg/g Sodium fluoride 2.21mg/g
Dosage Form: Toothpaste
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Limited, Consumer Healthcare, Ermington, New South Wales, Australia
Dated this 2nd day of June 2006.
KAREN MITCHELL, Acting Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).