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: Byooviz
Active Ingredient: Ranibizumab 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Samsung Bioepis NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Patheon Italia S.p.A, Milan, Italy
   
Product: Nabota
Active Ingredient: Botulinum toxin type A 100Units
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Limited., Hwaseong-si, South Korea
   
Product: Ozempic 1.5mL
Active Ingredient: Semaglutide 1.34mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturers: Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Hillerod, Denmark
   
Product: Ozempic 3mL
Active Ingredient: Semaglutide 1.34mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturers: Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novo Nordisk A/S, Hillerod, Denmark
Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical Industries, North Carolina, United States of America
   
Product: Polivy
Active Ingredient: Polatuzumab vedotin 140mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: BSP Pharmaceuticals SpA, Latina, Italy
   
Product: Renflexis
Active Ingredient: Infliximab 100mg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Samsung Bioepis NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Patheon Italia S.p.A, Ferentino, Italy
   
Product: Vannair 100/6
Active Ingredients: Budesonide 80mcg
Formoterol fumarate 4.5mcg
Dosage Form: Aerosol inhaler, metered dose
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturer: AstraZeneca Dunkerque Production SCS, Dunkerque, France
   
Product: Vannair 200/6
Active Ingredients: Budesonide 160mcg
Formoterol fumarate 4.5mcg
Dosage Form: Aerosol inhaler, metered dose
New Zealand Sponsor: AstraZeneca Limited
Manufacturer: AstraZeneca Dunkerque Production SCS, Dunkerque, France


Dated this 13th day of March 2023.

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