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: Apo-Modafinil
Active Ingredient: Modafinil 100mg
Dosage Form: Tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Apotex NZ Limited
Manufacturer: Apotex Inc, Toronto, Canada
   
Product: Pemetrexed Accord
Active Ingredient: Pemetrexed disodium hemipentahydrate 110.29mg equivalent to pemetrexed 100mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ahmedabad, India
   
Product: Pemetrexed Accord
Active Ingredient: Pemetrexed disodium hemipentahydrate 551.45mg equivalent to pemetrexed 500mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ahmedabad, India
   
Product: Pemetrexed Accord
Active Ingredient: Pemetrexed disodium hemipentahydrate 1102.9mg equivalent to pemetrexed 1000mg
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion
New Zealand Sponsor: Pharmacy Retailing (NZ) Limited t/a Healthcare Logistics
Manufacturer: Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Ahmedabad, India


Dated this 17th day of January 2020.

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