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: Keytruda
Active Ingredient: Pembrolizumab 25mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH (Ireland), Carlow, Ireland
   
Product: Keytruda
Active Ingredient: Pembrolizumab 50mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH, Innishannon, Ireland
   
Product: Moviprep
Component 1:  
Active Ingredients: Macrogol 3350 100g
Potassium chloride 1.015g
Sodium chloride 2.691g
Sodium sulfate 7.5g
Dosage Form: Powder for oral solution
Component 2:  
Active Ingredients: Ascorbic acid 4.7g
Sodium ascorbate 5.9g
Dosage Form: Powder for oral solution
New Zealand Sponsor: CARSL Consulting
Manufacturer: Norgine (UK) Limited, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom
   
Product: Moviprep Orange
Component 1:  
Active Ingredients: Macrogol 3350 100g
Potassium chloride 1.015g
Sodium chloride 2.691g
Sodium sulfate 7.5g
Dosage Form: Powder for oral solution
Component 2:  
Active Ingredients: Ascorbic acid 4.7g
Sodium ascorbate 5.9g
Dosage Form: Powder for oral solution
New Zealand Sponsor: CARSL Consulting
Manufacturer: Norgine (UK) Limited, Mid Glamorgan, United Kingdom
   
Product: Nucala
Active Ingredient: Mepolizumab 144mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Manufacturing SpA, Parma, Italy
   
Product: Tecentriq
Active Ingredient: Atezolizumab 1200mg
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Mannheim, Germany
F Hoffmann-La Roche Limited, Kaiseraugst, Switzerland


Dated this 25th day of November 2019.

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