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 copper 1mg
D-alpha-Tocopheryl acid succinate 165mg equivalent to vitamin E 200IU
Zinc oxide 49.8mg equivalent to zinc 40mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Blackmores (NZ) 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 21st day of August 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).