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: Cholvastin
Active Ingredient: Pravastatin sodium 20mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Pradesh, India
Product: Cholvastin
Active Ingredient: Pravastatin sodium 40mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Pradesh, India
Dated this 14th day of January 2011.
BARBARA PHILLIPS, Acting Deputy Director-General, Population Health Directorate, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).