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: Spiolto Respimat
Active Ingredients: Olodaterol hydrochloride 0.0248%w/v equivalent to olodaterol 2.5mcg per actuation
Tiotropium bromide monohydrate 0.0283%w/v equivalent to tiotropium 2.5mcg per actuation
Dosage Form: Solution for inhalation
New Zealand Sponsor: Boehringer Ingelheim (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany


Dated this 27th day of January 2020.

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