Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of Changed Medicines

Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the changed medicines which were referred to the Minister of Health under the provisions of section 24 (5) of the Act and are set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Arimidex
Active Ingredient: Anastrozole 1mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturer: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, 587 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark, Delaware, United States of America
Product: Enbrel
Active Ingredient: Etanercept 25mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Wyeth (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Birkendorfer Strasse 65, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
DSM Pharmaceuticals Inc, 5900 North West Greenville Blvd., Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America
Product: Enbrel
Active Ingredient: Etanercept 50mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Wyeth (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Birkendorfer Strasse 65, Biberach an der Riss, Germany
Product: Integrilin
Active Ingredient: Eptifibatide 0.75mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Schering-Plough a division of Schering-Plough Animal Health Limited
Manufacturers: Schering-Plough Laboratories NV, Industriepark 30, B-2220 Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
Sicor Pharmaceuticals Inc., 19 Hughes Drive, Irvine, California, United States of America
Product: Integrilin
Active Ingredient: Eptifibatide 2mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Schering-Plough a division of Schering-Plough Animal Health Limited
Manufacturers: Schering-Plough Laboratories NV, Industriepark 30, B-2220 Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium
Sicor Pharmaceuticals Inc., 19 Hughes Drive, Irvine, California, United States of America
Product: Rectogesic
Active Ingredient: Glyceryl trinitrate 0.2%w/w
Dosage Form: Rectal ointment
New Zealand Sponsor: Health Support Limited
Manufacturer: Mayne Pharma International Pty Ltd, 1538 Main North Road, Salisbury South, South Australia, Australia
Dated this 14th day of December 2006.
MARK JACOBS, Acting Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health
on 6 July 2001).