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Notice Title

Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Publication Date
7 May 2026

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Medicines Act Consent to the distribution of new medicines Health

Notice Number

2026-sl2455
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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: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 27.8mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 25mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 55.63mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 50mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 83.34mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 75mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 111.26mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 100mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 139.1mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 125mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Eltroxin
Active Ingredient: Levothyroxine sodium pentahydrate 222.5mcg equivalent to levothyroxine sodium 200mcg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Bad Oldesloe GmbH, Bad Oldesloe, Germany
   
Product: Paxlovid
Component 1:  
Active Ingredient: Nirmatrelvir 150mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
Component 2:  
Active Ingredient: Ritonavir 100mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Pfizer Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Germany
Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals Unlimited Company, Newbridge, Ireland
Hetero Labs Limited, Hyderabad, India
AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany


Dated this 5th day of May 2026.

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