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 which was referred to the Minister of Health under the provisions of section 24(5) of the Act and is set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Mirena
Active Ingredient: Levonorgestrel 52mg
Dosage Form: Intrauterine contraceptive device
New Zealand Sponsor: Bayer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Bayer Schering Pharma Oy, Turku, Finland
Dated this 25th day of November 2009.
STEWART JESSAMINE, Acting Deputy Director-General, Regulation and Governance Directorate, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).