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: Menitorix
Active Ingredients: Haemophilus influenzae Type b PRP 5µg/dose
Neisseria meningitidis Group C 5µg/dose
Tetanus toxoid 17.5µg/dose
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
Product: Colgout
Active Ingredient: Colchicine 0.5mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Strides Arcolab Limited, Indlawadi Cross, Anekal Taluk, Bangalore, India
Dated this 8th day of October 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).