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: Inverness Medical TestPack+Plus hCG Combo with On Board Controls
Active Ingredient: Antibody to HCG hormone 0.001479mg
Dosage Form: Pregnancy test kit
New Zealand Sponsor: In Vitro Technologies
Manufacturer: Unipath Limited, Bedford, United Kingdom
Product: Inverness Medical TestPack+Plus hCG Urine with On Board Controls
Active Ingredients: Anti-alpha TSH monoclonal antibody 0.0013mg
Anti-beta HCG monoclonal antibody 0.0002mg
Goat Polyclonal Antibody to Bovine IgG 0.000071mg
Dosage Form: Pregnancy test kit
New Zealand Sponsor: In Vitro Technologies
Manufacturer: Unipath Limited, Bedford, United Kingdom
Dated this 30th day of January 2009.
MARK RICHARDS, Acting Deputy Director-General, Sector Accountability and Funding Directorate (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).