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 – Clopidogrel
Active Ingredient: Clopidogrel bisulfate 97.88mg equivalent to clopidogrel 75mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Arrow Pharmaceuticals (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Arrow Laboratories Limited, Croydon, Victoria, Australia
Cobalt Pharmaceuticals Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Product: Bicalutamide
Active Ingredient: Bicalutamide 50mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: REX Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Limited, Manufacturing & Research Division, Virgonagar, Bangalore, India
Product: Glycophos
Active Ingredient: Sodium glycerophosphate pentahydrate 306.1mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmatel Fresenius Kabi NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Fresenius Kabi Norge AS, Halden, Norway
Dated this 15th day of February 2007.
GRAEME GILLESPIE, Acting Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).