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: 5% Glucose
Active Ingredient: Glucose monohydrate 5.5%w/v equivalent to glucose 5%w/v
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Baxter Healthcare Limited
Manufacturer: Bieffe Medital SA, Sabinanigo, Spain
   
Product: Co-Diovan
Active Ingredients: Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg
Valsartan 80mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farma SpA, Torre Annunziata, Italy
   
Product: Co-Diovan
Active Ingredients: Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg
Valsartan 160mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farma SpA, Torre Annunziata, Italy
   
Product: Co-Diovan
Active Ingredients: Hydrochlorothiazide 12.5mg
Valsartan 320mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farma SpA, Torre Annunziata, Italy
   
Product: Co-Diovan
Active Ingredients: Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg
Valsartan 160mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farma SpA, Torre Annunziata, Italy
   
Product: Co-Diovan
Active Ingredients: Hydrochlorothiazide 25mg
Valsartan 320mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farma SpA, Torre Annunziata, Italy
   
Product: Diovan
Active Ingredient: Valsartan 40mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farmaceutica SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Diovan
Active Ingredient: Valsartan 80mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farmaceutica SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Diovan
Active Ingredient: Valsartan 160mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farmaceutica SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Diovan
Active Ingredient: Valsartan 320mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Farmaceutica SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Herzuma
Active Ingredient: Trastuzumab 150mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion concentrate
New Zealand Sponsor: Celltrion Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Celltrion Inc., Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Herzuma
Active Ingredient: Trastuzumab 440mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion concentrate with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Celltrion Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Celltrion Inc., Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Nuwiq
Active Ingredient: Simoctocog alfa 250IU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Octapharma New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Octapharma AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Nuwiq
Active Ingredient: Simoctocog alfa 500IU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Octapharma New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Octapharma AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Nuwiq
Active Ingredient: Simoctocog alfa 1000IU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Octapharma New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Octapharma AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Nuwiq
Active Ingredient: Simoctocog alfa 2000IU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Octapharma New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Octapharma AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Remifentanil-AFT
Active Ingredient: Remifentanil hydrochloride 1.097mg equivalent to remifentanil 1mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Laboratorio Reig Jofre SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Remifentanil-AFT
Active Ingredient: Remifentanil hydrochloride 2.194mg equivalent to remifentanil 2mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Laboratorio Reig Jofre SA, Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Soliris
Active Ingredient: Eculizumab 300mg
Dosage Form: Solution for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Patheon Italia SpA, Milan, Italy
Alexion Pharma International Operations Unlimited Company, Athlone, Ireland


Dated this 29th day of September 2020.

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