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: NutropinAq
Active Ingredient: Somatropin 5mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: New Zealand Medical & Scientific Limited
Manufacturers: Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California, United States of America
Meridian Medical Technologies Inc., St Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Product: Ubistesin forte
Active Ingredients: Adrenaline hydrochloride 0.012mg/mL equivalent to 0.01mg adrenaline
Articaine hydrochloride 40mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: 3M New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: 3M ESPE AG, Seefeld, Germany
Product: Ubistesin
Active Ingredients: Adrenaline hydrochloride 0.006mg/mL equivalent to 0.005mg adrenaline
Articaine hydrochloride 40mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: 3M New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: 3M ESPE AG, Seefeld, Germany
Dated this 24th day of January 2008.
JOHN HAZELDINE, Acting Deputy Director-General, Sector Accountability and Funding Directorate (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).