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: Mabthera
Active Ingredient: Rituximab 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: F Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Basel, Switzerland
Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
Product: NovoRapid FlexPen
Active Ingredient: Insulin aspart 100IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturers: Novo Nordisk A/S, Brennum Park, Hillerod, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Kalundborg, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk Production S.A.S, Chartres Cedex, France
Product: NovoRapid Penfill
Active Ingredient: Insulin aspart 100U/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturers: Novo Nordisk A/S, Brennum Park, Hillerod, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Kalundborg, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk Production S.A.S, Chartres Cedex, France
Product: NovoRapid
Active Ingredient: Insulin aspart 100U/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturers: Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., Clayton, North Carolina, United States of America
Dated this 9th day of February 2007.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).