Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Publication Date
20 Nov 2025

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Medicines Act Consent to the distribution of new medicines

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2025-go6659
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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: Cabometyx
Active Ingredient: Cabozantinib s-malate 25.34mg equivalent to carbonatitic 20mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Rottendorf Pharma GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany
Patheon Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
   
Product: Cabometyx
Active Ingredient: Cabozantinib s-malate 50.69mg equivalent to cabozantinib 40mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Rottendorf Pharma GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany
Patheon Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
   
Product: Cabometyx
Active Ingredient: Cabozantinib s-malate 76.03mg equivalent to cabozantinib 60mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturers: Rottendorf Pharma GmbH, Ennigerloh, Germany
Patheon Inc, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
   
Product: HERZUMA
Active Ingredient: Trastuzumab 150mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion concentrate
New Zealand Sponsor: Celltrion Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Celltrion Inc., Incheon, South Korea
Gensenta llac Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S., Instanbul, Turkey
   
Product: HERZUMA
Active Ingredient: Trastuzumab 440mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion concentrate
Dosage Form: Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Celltrion Healthcare New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Celltrion Inc., Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Maviret
Active Ingredients: Glecaprevir 100mg Pibrentasvir 40mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AbbVie Limited
Manufacturers: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Fournier Laboratories Ireland Limited, Carrigtwohill, Ireland
   
Product: MMR II Vaccine
Active Ingredients: Measles vaccine 1000TCID50
Mumps vaccine 12500TCID50
Rubella vaccine 1000TCID50
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Dosage Form: Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, North Carolina, United States of America
   
Product: ProQuad
Active Ingredients: Measles vaccine 1000TCID50
Mumps virus, Jeryl-Lynn strain 19952TCID50
Rubella virus, Wistar RA27/3 strain 1000TCID50
Varicella vaccine 9772PFU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
Dosage Form: Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturer: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Varivax
Active Ingredient: Varicella vaccine 1350PFU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Dosage Form: Diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, North Carolina, United States of America


Dated this 18th day of November 2025.

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