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: Opdivo (40mg/4mL)
Active Ingredient: Nivolumab 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany
Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Pharma Limited, Manati, Puerto Rico
   
Product: Opdivo (100mg/10mL)
Active Ingredient: Nivolumab 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Ravensburg, Germany
Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Pharma Limited, Manati, Puerto Rico
   
Product: Zinnat
Active Ingredient: Cefuroxime axetil 300.72mg equivalent to cefuroxime 250mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Glaxo Operations UK Limited t/a Glaxo Wellcome Operations, Barnard Castle, United Kingdom


Dated this 7th day of March 2022.

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