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: Celostea
Active Ingredient: Celecoxib 100mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, West Virginia, United States of America
Product: Celostea
Active Ingredient: Celecoxib 200mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc, West Virginia, United States of America
Product: Emend
Active Ingredient: Aprepitant 165mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited, County Westmeath, Ireland
Product: Revolade
Active Ingredient: Eltrombopag olamine 95.7mg equivalent to Eltrombopag 75mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Glaxo Operations UK Limited (t/a Glaxo Wellcome Operations), Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Dated this 6th day of June 2014.
STEWART JESSAMINE, Group Manager, Medsafe, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 11 September 2013).