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 which were referred to the Minister of Health under the provisions of section 24(5) of the Act and are set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

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

Mabthera
Rituximab 10mg/mL
Concentrate for infusion
Roche Products (NZ) Limited
F Hoffmann-La Roche Limited, Basel, Switzerland
Genentech Inc, California, United States of America
Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
Genentech Inc, Oregon, United States of America

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

Ristova
Rituximab 10mg/mL
Concentrate for infusion
Roche Products (NZ) Limited
F Hoffmann-La Roche Limited, Basel, Switzerland
Genentech Inc, California, United States of America
Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
Genentech Inc, Oregon, United States of America

Dated this 16th day of April 2015.

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