Notice Title

Renewal of Provisional Consent to the Distribution of Medicines

Pursuant to section 23(4A) of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby renews the provisional consent to the sale, supply or use in New Zealand of the medicines set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

Product: Brukinsa
Active Ingredient: Zanubrutinib 80mg
Dosage Form: Capsule
New Zealand Sponsor: BeiGene NZ Unlimited
Manufacturer: Catalent CTS Inc, Missouri, United States of America

Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:

The New Zealand Sponsor must provide confirmatory data from the ongoing phase 3 randomised, open label, study BGB-3111-306 comparing zanubrutinib plus rituximab versus bendamustine plus rituximab in patients with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma who are ineligible for stem cell transplantation.

Note: This renewed consent is valid for two years from 8 June 2025.

 
Product: Libtayo
Active Ingredient: Cemiplimab 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Medison Pharma New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Catalent Indiana LLC, Indiana, United States of America

Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:

The New Zealand Sponsor must provide confirmatory efficacy and safety data from ongoing and future clinical trials, in particular study 1540, as soon as they become available.

Note: This renewed consent is valid for two years from 29 June 2025.

 
Product: Oxybutynin
Active Ingredient: Oxybutynin hydrochloride 5mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Alchemy Health Limited
Manufacturer: Hemofarm d.o.o., Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Note: This consent is given subject to the following condition:

The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other oxybutynin hydrochloride tablet 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 renewed consent is valid for two years from 6 July 2025.

 
Product: Rybrevant
Active Ingredient: Amivantamab 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Concentrate for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Janssen-Cilag (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Cilag AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Note: This consent is given subject to the following conditions:

The New Zealand Sponsor must fulfil the following obligations:

  1. Provide confirmatory safety and efficacy data from the ongoing study 61186372NSC3001.
  2. Provide an update regarding the re-evaluation (and possible revision) of the drug substance specifications following the manufacture of 30 commercial-scale drug substance batches and update the specification ranges/limits as appropriate.
  3. Provide an update regarding the re-evaluation (and possible revision) of the drug product specification ranges/limits following the manufacture of 30 commercial-scale drug product batches and update the specification ranges/limits as appropriate.

Note: This renewed consent is valid for two years from 8 June 2025.


Dated this 26th day of May 2025.

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