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:

Avagard 9232 Antiseptic Hand & Body Wash
with chlorhexidine gluconate 2%w/w

Chlorhexidine gluconate 2%w/w
Topical solution
3M New Zealand Limited
Pax Australia Pty Limited, Ingleburn, Australia

Product:

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

Avagard 9241 Antiseptic Surgical Hand Scrub
with chlorhexidine gluconate 4%w/w

Chlorhexidine gluconate 4%w/w
Topical solution
3M New Zealand Limited
Pax Australia Pty Limited, Ingleburn, Australia

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

Avagard Antiseptic Hand Lotion Ethanol absolute 61%w/w
Ethanol 66.5%w/w equivalent to 61%w/w (absolute)
Lotion
3M New Zealand Limited
Accupac Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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

Meropenem-AFT
Meropenem trihydrate 570mg equivalent to Meropenem 500mg
Powder for injection
AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Biolab Co Limited, Muang, Thailand

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

Meropenem-AFT
Meropenem trihydrate 1140mg equivalent to Meropenem 1000mg
Powder for injection
AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Biolab Co Limited, Muang, Thailand

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

Saxenda
Liraglutide 6mg/mL
Solution for injection
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

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

Women’s Regaine
Minoxidil 5%w/w
Foam
Johnson & Johnson (New Zealand) Limited
ASM Aerosol-Service AG, Mohlin, Switzerland

Dated this 4th day of March 2016.

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