Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Provisional Consent to the Distribution of a New Medicine

Pursuant to section 23(1) of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby provisionally consents to the sale, supply or use in New Zealand of the new medicine set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Blackmores Macu-Vision
Active Ingredients: Ascorbic acid 250mg
Cupric oxide 1.25mg equivalent to 1mg copper
D-alpha-Tocopheryl acid succinate 165mg equivalent to 200IU vitamin E
Zinc oxide 49.8mg equivalent to 40mg zinc
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Blackmores Limited
Manufacturer: Catalent Australia Pty Limited, Braeside, Australia
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
Dated this 3rd day of March 2011.
MARK JACOBS, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).