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: Arrow – Alprazolam
Active Ingredient: Alprazolam 0.25mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, (Tablet manufacturing site), 432 Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, 7 Maitland Place, Norwest Business Park, Baulkham Hills,New South Wales, Australia
Product: Arrow – Alprazolam
Active Ingredient: Alprazolam 0.5mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, (Tablet manufacturing site), 432 Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, 7 Maitland Place, Norwest Business Park, Baulkham Hills,New South Wales, Australia
Product: Arrow – Alprazolam
Active Ingredient: Alprazolam 1mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, (Tablet manufacturing site), 432 Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, 7 Maitland Place, Norwest Business Park, Baulkham Hills,New South Wales, Australia
Product: Arrow – Alprazolam
Active Ingredient: Alprazolam 2mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, (Tablet manufacturing site), 432 Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd, 7 Maitland Place, Norwest Business Park, Baulkham Hills,New South Wales, Australia
Product: DBL® Epirubicin Hydrochloride
Active Ingredient: Epirubicin hydrochloride 200mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Mayne Pharma (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Mayne Pharma Limited, 1 Lexia Place, Mulgrave North, Victoria, Australia
Product: DBL® Epirubicin Hydrochloride
Active Ingredient: Epirubicin hydrochloride 50mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Mayne Pharma (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Mayne Pharma Limited, 1 Lexia Place, Mulgrave North, Victoria, Australia
Product: Heparin in 0.9% Sodium Chloride
Active Ingredient: Heparin sodium 100IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Baxter Healthcare Ltd
Manufacturer: Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd, 1 Baxter Drive, Old Toongabbie, New South Wales, Australia
Product: Heparin in 0.9% Sodium Chloride
Active Ingredient: Heparin sodium 50IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Baxter Healthcare Ltd
Manufacturer: Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd, 1 Baxter Drive, Old Toongabbie, New South Wales, Australia
Product: Ibuprofen gel
Active Ingredient: Ibuprofen 5%w/w
Dosage Form: Topical gel
New Zealand Sponsor: REX Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Ltd, Manufacturing Division, Plot No. A-33/1/2, Patalganga Industrial Area, District Raigad, (Maharashtra), India
Product: Procur
Active Ingredient: Cyproterone acetate 100mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Douglas Manufacturing Limited, Central Park Drive, Lincoln, Auckland
Product: Procur
Active Ingredient: Cyproterone acetate 50mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Douglas Manufacturing Limited, Central Park Drive, Lincoln, Auckland
Dated this 7th day of December 2006.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).