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: Prevymis
Active Ingredient: Letermovir 240mg/12mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH, t/a MSD Ireland (Carlow), Carlow, Ireland
   
Product: Prevymis
Active Ingredient: Letermovir 480mg/24mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH, t/a MSD Ireland (Carlow), Carlow, Ireland
   
Product: Prevymis
Active Ingredient: Letermovir 240mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH, t/a MSD Ireland (Ballydine), Kilsheelan, Ireland
   
Product: Prevymis
Active Ingredient: Letermovir 480mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: MSD International GmbH, t/a MSD Ireland (Ballydine), Kilsheelan, Ireland
   
Product: Skyrizi
Active Ingredient: Risankizumab 75mg/0.83mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: AbbVie Limited
Manufacturer: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany


Dated this 18th day of September 2020.

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