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: Avren 200
Active Ingredient: Misoprostol 200mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: REX Medical Limited
Manufacturer: Cipla Limited, Salcette, India
   
Product: Dukoral
Active Ingredients: Recombinant cholera toxin B subunit 1mg
Vibrio cholerae Inaba 48 Classical biotype 31250 million organisms
Vibrio cholerae Inaba 6973 El Tor biotype 31250 million organisms
Vibrio cholerae Ogawa 50 Classical biotype 62500 million organisms
Dosage Form: Oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Seqirus (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Valneva Sweden AB, Solna, Sweden
Recipharm Stockholm AB, Arsta, Sweden
Recipharm Hoganas AB, Hoganas, Sweden
   
Product: Hexaxim
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30Lf U equivalent to not less than 20IU
Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide 12mcg
Hepatitis B virus surface antigen 10mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 10Lf U equivalent to not less than 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Sanofi Pasteur SA, Marcy L’Etoile, France
Sanofi Pasteur SA, Val-De-Reuil Cedex, France
   
Product: Probenecid-AFT
Active Ingredient: Probenecid 500mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AFT Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Sigma Laboratories Private Limited, Mapusa, India
   
Product: Rotarix Oral Vaccine
Active Ingredient: Live attenuated human rotavirus 1000000CCID50
Dosage Form: Oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium


Dated this 6th day of December 2021.

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