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: Calvid
Active Ingredients: Calcium carbonate 2500mg
Colecalciferol 22mcg
Dosage Form: Effervescent granules
New Zealand Sponsor: Ethos Consulting Group
Manufacturer: La. Fa. Re. srl, Ercolano, Italy
Product: NeuroTabs
Active Ingredient: Potassium iodate 0.253mg equivalent to iodine 150mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited, Daman, India
Product: Solupred
Active Ingredient: Prednisolone sodium phosphate 0.672%w/v equivalent to prednisolone 5mg/ml
Dosage Form: Oral solution
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Hoe Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia
Dated this 6th day of December 2012.
DR DON MACKIE, 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).