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: Hemlibra
Active Ingredient: Emicizumab 30mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. Limited, Utsunomiya City, Japan
Samsung Biologics Co Limited, Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Hemlibra (60mg/0.4mL)
Active Ingredient: Emicizumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. Limited, Utsunomiya City, Japan
Samsung Biologics Co Limited, Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Hemlibra (105mg/0.7mL)
Active Ingredient: Emicizumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. Limited, Utsunomiya City, Japan
Samsung Biologics Co Limited, Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Hemlibra (150mg/1mL)
Active Ingredient: Emicizumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Roche Products (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: Chugai Pharma Manufacturing Co. Limited, Utsunomiya City, Japan
Samsung Biologics Co Limited, Incheon, South Korea
   
Product: Hiberix
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-hexa
Component one:  
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Pertactin 8mcg
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 10mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Component two:  
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-IPV+Hib
Component one:  
Active Ingredients: Detoxified pertussis toxin 25mcg
Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Pertactin 8mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 25mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 40IU
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
Component two:  
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Questran Lite
Active Ingredient: Colestyramine 0.851g/g
Dosage Form: Powder for oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Aspen Pharma Pty Limited, Melbourne, Australia
   
Product: Saxenda
Active Ingredient: Liraglutide 6mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Novo Nordisk A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
   
Product: Twinrix
Active Ingredients: Hepatitis A vaccine 720EU/mL
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 20mcg/mL
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline (NZ) Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   

Dated this 2nd day of August 2019.

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