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: Apo-Gabapentin
Active Ingredient: Gabapentin 600mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Apotex NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Apotex Inc, Weston, Ontario, Canada
Product: Apo-Gabapentin
Active Ingredient: Gabapentin 800mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Apotex NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Apotex Inc, Weston, Ontario, Canada
Product: Gaviscon Liquid Pocket Packs
Active Ingredients: Calcium carbonate 16mg/mL
Sodium alginate 50mg/mL
Sodium bicarbonate 26.7mg/mL
Dosage Form: Oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Reckitt Benckiser (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare (UK) Limited, Hull, North Humberside, United Kingdom
Dated this 8th day of June 2009.
MARK RICHARDS, Acting Deputy Director-General, Sector Accountability and Funding Directorate, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).