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: Apidra SoloStar
Active Ingredient: Insulin glulisine 3.49mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: sanofi-aventis new zealand limited
Manufacturer: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Product: Fexofenadine – Rex
Active Ingredient: Fexofenadine hydrochloride 180mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: REX Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Limited, Manufacturing Division, District Raigad, (Maharashtra), India
Product: Fexofenadine – Rex
Active Ingredient: Fexofenadine hydrochloride 120mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: REX Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Limited, Manufacturing Division, District Raigad, (Maharashtra), India
Product: Listerine Citrus Fresh Antiseptic Mouthwash
Active Ingredients: Benzoic acid 0.115%w/v
Cineole 0.0922%w/v
Ethanol 22.271%v/v
Thymol 0.0639%w/v
Dosage Form: Mouthwash
New Zealand Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: McNeil Manufacturing Pty Limited, Caringbah, NSW, Australia
Product: Lucentis
Active Ingredient: Ranibizumab 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited Pharmaceutical Sector
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Dated this 14th day of June 2007.
BARRY BORMAN, Acting-Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).