Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of a New Medicine

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 set out in the Schedule hereto:
Schedule
Product: Hospira™ Cefazolin Sodium Powder for Injection
Active Ingredient: Cefazolin sodium 1.048g equivalent to Cefazolin 1g
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Hospira NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Hospira Healthcare India Pvt. Limited, Tamil Nadu, India
Dated this 28th day of March 2013.
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).