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:
Manufacturer:

Flebogamma 5% DIF
Normal immunoglobulin 50g/L
Solution for infusion
Medi’Ray New Zealand Limited
Instituto Grifols S.A, Barcelona, Spain

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

Keytruda
Pembrolizumab 50mg
Powder for infusion
Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Schering-Plough Company, County Cork, Ireland

Dated this 18th day of August 2016.

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