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:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Actemra
Tocilizumab 162mg
Solution for injection
Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Apo-Sumatriptan (Prescription)
Sumatriptan succinate 70.08mg equivalent to Sumatriptan 50mg
Film coated tablet
Ipca Pharma (NZ) Pty Limited
Ipca Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Apo-Sumatriptan (Restricted)
Sumatriptan succinate 70.08mg equivalent to Sumatriptan 50mg
Film coated tablet
Ipca Pharma (NZ) Pty Limited
Ipca Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Apo-Sumatriptan
Sumatriptan succinate 140.15mg equivalent to Sumatriptan 100mg
Film coated tablet
Ipca Pharma (NZ) Pty Limited
Ipca Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Ipca-Sumatriptan
Sumatriptan succinate 70.08mg equivalent to Sumatriptan 50mg
Film coated tablet
Ipca Pharma (NZ) Pty Limited
Ipca Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Ipca-Sumatriptan
Sumatriptan succinate 140.15mg equivalent to Sumatriptan 100mg
Film coated tablet
Ipca Pharma (NZ) Pty Limited
Ipca Laboratories Limited, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturer:

Valganciclovir Mylan
Valganciclovir hydrochloride 496.3mg equivalent to Valganciclovir 450mg
Film coated tablet
Mylan New Zealand Limited
Mylan Laboratories Limited, Maharashtra State India

Dated this 27th day of March 2015.

SARAH READER, Acting Group Manager, Medsafe, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 11 September 2013).