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: Dimetapp 12 Hour Nasal Spray
Active Ingredient: Oxymetazoline hydrochloride 0.5mg/mL
Dosage Form: Nasal spray solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: PSM Healthcare Limited trading as API Consumer Brands, Auckland, New Zealand
   
Product: Havrix 1440 vaccine
Active Ingredient: Hepatitis A vaccine 1440EU/mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Havrix Junior
Active Ingredient: Hepatitis A vaccine 1440EU/mL equivalent to 720EU/0.5mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Twinrix
Active Ingredients: Hepatitis A vaccine 720EU/mL
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 20mcg/mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Twinrix Junior
Active Ingredients: Hepatitis A vaccine 720EU/mL
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 20mcg/mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium


Dated this 25th day of October 2019.

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