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: Orkambi (Tablet)
Active Ingredients: Ivacaftor 125mg
Lumacaftor 100mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Research Services Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Orkambi (Tablet)
Active Ingredients: Ivacaftor 125mg
Lumacaftor 200mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated, Massachusetts, United States of America
Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Research Services Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Orkambi (Granules)
Active Ingredients: Ivacaftor 125mg
Lumacaftor 100mg
Dosage Form: Oral granules
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom
   
Product: Orkambi (Granules)
Active Ingredients: Ivacaftor 188mg
Lumacaftor 150mg
Dosage Form: Oral granules
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aesica Queenborough Limited, Kent, United Kingdom


Dated this 28th day of February 2023.

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