Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Provisional Consent to the Distribution of New Medicines

Pursuant to section 23(1) of the Medicines Act 1981, the Minister of Health hereby provisionally consents to the sale, supply or use in New Zealand of the new medicines set out in the Schedule hereto:

Schedule

Product: Brevinor 28 Day
Active Ingredients: Ethinylestradiol 0.035mg
Norethisterone 0.5mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Pfizer New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Piramal Healthcare UK Limited, Morpeth, United Kingdom

Note: This consent is given subject to the following conditions:

  1. Provisional consent is to be granted for two years to address an urgent shortage in the market.
  2. The medicine may only be marketed or distributed when no other norethisterone 0.5mg/ethinylestradiol 0.035mg tablet with consent under section 20 of the Medicines Act 1981 is available in the New Zealand market, or if the medicine is required to maintain assurance of supply for PHARMAC funded oral contraceptives.
  3. Provisional consent can only be renewed while assessment of a section 20 new medicine application for Brevinor 28 Day tablets or a changed medicine notification to change the name of Norimin tablets is in progress.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.
 
Product: Versacloz
Active Ingredient: Clozapine 50mg/mL
Dosage Form: Oral suspension
New Zealand Sponsor: Douglas Pharmaceuticals Limited
Manufacturer: Pharmaceutics International Inc, Maryland, United States of America

Note: This consent is given subject to the following conditions:

  1. The medicine may only be prescribed by:
    • A medical practitioner who is vocationally registered by the Medical Council of New Zealand in the scope of practice of psychiatry (hereinafter referred to as a Psychiatrist).
    • A medical practitioner or nurse practitioner who is prescribing under the supervision of a Psychiatrist.
    • A medical practitioner who is registered by the Medical Council of New Zealand in a general scope of practice provided the medical practitioner is prescribing clozapine for a patient whose illness is being well controlled by clozapine and the prescribing decision is taken in collaboration with, or following consultation with, a Community Mental Health Team.
  2. Persons prescribing the medicine must comply with appropriate local treatment guidelines.
  3. The medicine must be dispensed in accordance with appropriate local dispensing guidelines.
  4. Sale or marketing of this medicine may only occur if the sponsor has an appropriate blood monitoring and patient record database in place.
Note: This consent is valid for two years from the date of publication of this notice.


Dated this 8th day of May 2020.

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