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 t/a MSD Ireland, County 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, Country Cork, Ireland
   
Product: Klacid
Active Ingredient: Clarithromycin 25mg/mL
Dosage Form: Granules for oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Ltd
Manufacturers: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
AbbVie S.r.l, Latina, Italy
   
Product: Klacid
Active Ingredient: Clarithromycin 250mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Ltd
Manufacturers: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
AbbVie S.r.l, Latina, Italy
   
Product: Klacid
Active Ingredient: Clarithromycin 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Granules for oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Ltd
Manufacturer: AbbVie S.r.l, Latina, Italy
   
Product: Klacid
Active Ingredient: Clarithromycin 500mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Ltd
Manufacturers: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
AbbVie S.r.l, Latina, Italy
   
Product: Klacid IV
Active Ingredient: Clarithromycin 500mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Mylan New Zealand Ltd
Manufacturer: Delpharm Saint Rémy, Saint Rémy Sur Avre, France
   
Product: Topicaine
Active Ingredients: Adrenaline acid tartrate 0.18%w/v
Lidocaine hydrochloride monohydrate 4%w/v
Tetracaine hydrochloride 0.5%w/v
Dosage Form: Topical solution
New Zealand Sponsor: Biomed Limited
Manufacturer: Biomed Limited, Auckland, New Zealand


Dated this 10th day of November 2020.

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