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: Azithromycin-AFT
Active Ingredient: Azithromycin dihydrate 524.1mg equivalent to azithromycin 500mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Hainan Poly Pharma Co. Limited, Haikou, China
   
Product: Beovu (27.6mg/0.23mL)
Active Ingredient: Brolucizumab 120mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
   
Product: Beovu (Pre-filled syringe 19.8mg/0.165mL)
Active Ingredient: Brolucizumab 120mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Alcon Couvreur NV, Puurs, Belgium
   
Product: Bepanthen Care
Active Ingredient: Dexpanthenol 50mg/g
Dosage Form: Topical ointment
New Zealand Sponsor: Bayer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: GP Grenzach Produktions GmbH, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany
   
Product: Codral Cold & Flu + Mucus Cough
Active Ingredients: Guaifenesin 100mg
Paracetamol 500mg
Phenylephrine hydrochloride 6.1mg equivalent to phenylephrine 5mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Wrafton Laboratories Limited, Braunton, United Kingdom
   
Product: Darzalex SC
Active Ingredient: Daratumumab 120mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Cilag AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
   
Product: Galvumet
Active Ingredients: Metformin hydrochloride 500mg
Vildagliptin 50mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Produktions GmbH, Wehr, Germany
Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Novartis Singapore Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Pte Limited, Singapore City, Singapore
   
Product: Ibrance
Active Ingredient: Palbociclib 75mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
   
Product: Ibrance
Active Ingredient: Palbociclib 100mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
   
Product: Ibrance
Active Ingredient: Palbociclib 125mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
   
Product: Opti-Soothe
Active Ingredient: Chloramphenicol 5mg/mL
Dosage Form: Eye drops, solution
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Excelvision, Annonay, France


Dated this 10th day of May 2021.

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