Notice Title

Provisional Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Pursuant to section 23(1) of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby provisionally consents to the sale, supply or use in New Zealand of the new medicines set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

Product: Lyllana
Active Ingredient: Estradiol hemihydrate 0.484mg equivalent to estradiol 0.470mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Wellmed.NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Jersey, United States of America
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:
The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other estradiol transdermal patch medicine with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
   
Product: Lyllana
Active Ingredient: Estradiol hemihydrate 0.646mg equivalent to estradiol 0.627mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Wellmed.NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Jersey, United States of America
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:
The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other estradiol transdermal patch medicine with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
   
Product: Lyllana
Active Ingredient: Estradiol hemihydrate 0.323mg equivalent to estradiol 0.314mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Wellmed.NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Jersey, United States of America
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:
The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other estradiol transdermal patch medicine with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
   
Product: Lyllana
Active Ingredient: Estradiol hemihydrate 1.291mg equivalent to estradiol 1.253mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Wellmed.NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Jersey, United States of America
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:
The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other estradiol transdermal patch medicine with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
   
Product: Lyllana
Active Ingredient: Estradiol hemihydrate 0.968mg equivalent to estradiol 0.940mg
Dosage Form: Transdermal patch
New Zealand Sponsor: Wellmed.NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Jersey, United States of America
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:
The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other estradiol transdermal patch medicine with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
   
Product: Norethindrone Tablets USP
Active Ingredient: Norethisterone 0.35mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: ORSPEC Pharma Management Limited
Manufacturer: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Bardez, India
   
Note: This consent is given subject to the following conditions:
  1. Provisional consent is granted for one year to address an urgent shortage in the market and only applies to batch numbers 20240184, 20240186, 20240270, and 20240275.
  2. The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other norethisterone 0.35 mg tablet with consent under section 20 or section 23 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or to meet PHARMAC supply obligations.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.


Dated this 24th day of September 2024.

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