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 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:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturers:

Avonex
Interferon beta-1a 60mcg/mL
Solution for injection
Biogen NZ Biopharma Limited
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
Cilag AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland

Product:
Active Ingredient:
Dosage Form:
New Zealand Sponsor:
Manufacturers:

Avonex Pen
Interferon beta-1a 60mcg/mL
Solution for injection
Biogen NZ Biopharma Limited
Biogen Idec Denmark Manufacturing ApS, Hillerod, Denmark
Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
Cilag AG, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Packaging Coordinators LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Dated this 21st day of July 2016.

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