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: Actemra
Active Ingredient: Tocilizumab 20mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. Limited, Utsunomiya, Japan
   
Product: Actemra
Active Ingredient: Tocilizumab 180mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany


Dated this 15th day of September 2021.

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