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: MMR II Vaccine
Active Ingredients: Measles vaccine 1000TCID50
Mumps vaccine 12500TCID50
Rubella vaccine 1000TCID50
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Vaccine Manufacturing Facility, North Carolina, United States of America
   
Product: Xigduo XR
Active Ingredients: Dapagliflozin propanediol monohydrate 6.15mg equivalent to dapagliflozin 5mg
Metformin hydrochloride 1000mg
Dosage Form: Modified release tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturers: Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing Company, Humacao, Puerto Rico
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Indiana, United States of America
   
Product: Xigduo XR
Active Ingredients: Dapagliflozin propanediol monohydrate 12.3mg equivalent to dapagliflozin 10mg
Metformin hydrochloride 500mg
Dosage Form: Modified release tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturers: Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing Company, Humacao, Puerto Rico
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Indiana, United States of America
   
Product: Xigduo XR
Active Ingredients: Dapagliflozin propanediol monohydrate 12.3mg equivalent to dapagliflozin 10mg
Metformin hydrochloride 1000mg
Dosage Form: Modified release tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturers: Bristol-Myers Squibb Manufacturing Company, Humacao, Puerto Rico
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Indiana, United States of America


Dated this 3rd day of October 2020.

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