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: Folic Acid
Active Ingredient: Folic acid 5mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Healtheries of New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Healtheries of New Zealand Limited, Mount Wellington, Auckland
Product: Miochol-E
Active Ingredient: Acetylcholine chloride 10mg/mL
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: OMJ Pharmaceuticals Inc., San German, Puerto Rico
Product: Voltaren Rapid
Active Ingredient: Diclofenac potassium 12.5mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Novartis Consumer Health Australasia Pty Limited.
Manufacturer: Novartis Farmaceutica SA, Barbera del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
Dated this 8th day of October 2004.
DON MATHESON, Deputy Director-General, Public Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).