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: Cardosart
Active Ingredient: Candesartan cilexetil 4mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Siegfried Limited, Zofingen, Switzerland
Product: Cardosart
Active Ingredient: Candesartan cilexetil 8mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Siegfried Limited, Zofingen, Switzerland
Product: Cardosart
Active Ingredient: Candesartan cilexetil 16mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Siegfried Limited, Zofingen, Switzerland
Product: Cardosart
Active Ingredient: Candesartan cilexetil 32mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Siegfried Limited, Zofingen, Switzerland
Product: First Response - Early Result In-stream Pregnancy Test
Active Ingredients: Antibody to HCG hormone 0.06µg
Goat anti-mouse immunoglobulin G polyclonal antibody 0.4µg
Murine monoclonal antibody to HCG 0.3µg
Dosage Form: Pregnancy test kit
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmabroker Sales Limited
Manufacturer: Scantibodies Laboratory Inc., California, United States of America
Product: Glycerol Suppositories
Active Ingredient: Glycerol 70%w/w
Dosage Form: Suppository
New Zealand Sponsor: PSM Healthcare Limited trading as API Consumer Brands
Manufacturer: PSM Healthcare Limited trading as API Consumer Brands, Auckland, New Zealand
Dated this 2nd day of June 2011.
MARK JACOBS, Acting Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation Business Unit, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).