Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of a New Medicine

Pursuant to section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby consents to the distribution in New Zealand of the new medicine set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Menevit
Active Ingredients: Calcium ascorbate dihydrate 121mg equivalent to 100mg ascorbic acid
D-alpha Tocoferol 400IU
Folic acid 500µg
Garlic oil 333µg
Lycopene 6mg
Selenomethionine 4.975mg equivalent to 26µg selenium added as Selenomethionine DCP
Zinc sulfate monohydrate 69.2mg equivalent to 25mg zinc
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Bayer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Catalent Australia Pty Limited, Braeside, Victoria, Australia
Dated this 23rd day of April 2009.
ANTHONY HILL, Deputy Director-General, Sector Accountability and Funding Directorate, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).