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: Boostrix
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 2IU Pertactin 2.5mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 8mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 8mcg
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 20IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Boostrix-IPV
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 2.5Lf U Pertactin 2.5mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 8mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 8mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid 5Lf U
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Pertactin 8mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Vaccine suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-hexa
Component one:  
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 10mcg
Pertactin 8mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Component two:  
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Infanrix-IPV
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 60IU/mL
Pertactin 16mcg/mL
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 50mcg/mL
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 50mcg/mL
Polio virus type 1 80DAgU/mL
Polio virus type 2 16DAgU/mL
Polio virus type 3 64DAgU/mL
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 80IU/mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-IPV+Hib
Component one:  
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Pertactin 8mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Component two:  
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-penta
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 10mcg
Pertactin 8mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Optiray 240
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 51%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 320
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 68%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 350
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 74%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 240 (Ultraject)
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 51%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 300 (Ultraject)
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 64%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 320 (Ultraject)
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 68%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Optiray 350 (Ultraject)
Active Ingredient: Ioversol 74%
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Obex Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Liebel-Flarsheim Canada Inc, Montreal, Canada
   
Product: Praluent
Active Ingredient: Alirocumab 75mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand limited
Manufacturers: Sanofi Winthrop Industrie, Le Trait, France
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
Sanofi Pasteur Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Praluent
Active Ingredient: Alirocumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand limited
Manufacturers: Sanofi Winthrop Industrie, Le Trait, France
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany


Dated this 6th day of April 2020.

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