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: Cosentyx
Active Ingredient: Secukinumab 150mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
   
Product: Cosentyx
Active Ingredient: Secukinumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Novartis Pharma Stein AG, Stein, Switzerland
Sandoz GmbH, Langkampfen, Austria
   
Product: DBL™ Heparin Sodium Injection BP
Active Ingredient: Heparin sodium 1000IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Wasserburger Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Wasserburg, Germany
Siegfried Hameln GmbH, Hamelin, Germany
   
Product: DBL™ Heparin Sodium Injection BP
Active Ingredient: Heparin sodium 5000IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Wasserburger Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Wasserburg, Germany
Siegfried Hameln GmbH, Hamelin, Germany
   
Product: DBL™ Heparin Sodium Injection BP
Active Ingredient: Heparin sodium 25000IU/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Wasserburger Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, Wasserburg, Germany
Siegfried Hameln GmbH, Hamelin, Germany
   
Product: Mupirocin Ointment
Active Ingredient: Mupirocin 20mg/g
Dosage Form: Topical ointment
New Zealand Sponsor: Medicianz Healthcare Limited
Manufacturer: Paul W. Beyvers GmbH, Berlin, Germany
   
Product: Nucala
Active Ingredient: Mepolizumab 144mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: GlaxoSmithKline Manufacturing SpA, Parma, Italy
   
Product: Nucala (Pre-filled Pen)
Active Ingredient: Mepolizumab 100mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Glaxo Operations UK Limited t/a Glaxo Welcome Operations, Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
   
Product: Nucala (Pre-filled Syringe)
Active Ingredient: Mepolizumab 100mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Glaxo Operations UK Limited t/a Glaxo Welcome Operations, Barnard Castle, United Kingdom


Dated this 20th day of December 2022.

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