Shaleen Narayan, Team Manager Operations, of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), acting under delegated authority from the Director-General of MPI, gives notice under section 14(1) of the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 (“Act”) that the following application has been made to register a trade name product under section 9(1) of the Act:

Trade Name: Methadyne Injection

Reference: A11854

Active Ingredient and Concentration:

8.90mg/mL Methadone (as methadone hydrochloride 10mg/mL)

Formulation Type: Aqueous solution

General Use Claim:

For analgesia and premedication for general anaesthesia or neuroleptanalgesia in combination with a neuroleptic drug in dogs. Administer by intravenous, subcutaneous or intramuscular injection at 0.55mg Methadone HCL/kg BW.

Any person may make a written submission to the director-general concerning this application.

Under sections 16 and 17 of the Act, a written submission:

1. must state in full the reasons for making the submission;
2. may state any decision sought on that application; and
3. must be received by the director-general no later than 30 working days after the date of notification in the New Zealand Gazette.

Under section 18 of the Act, a copy of every submission will be forwarded to the applicant for the applicant’s information.

The following address is:

1. where submissions on this application are to be sent;
2. where requests for copies of the public information relating to the application can be sent;
3. where public information relating to the application can be viewed; and
4. the director-general’s address for service:

ACVM Group, Ministry for Primary Industries, Charles Fergusson Building, 34–38 Bowen Street, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. Postal Address: PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140.

The applicant’s addresses for service are:

Jurox New Zealand Ltd, 8 Kordel Place, East Tamaki, Auckland 2013.

Jurox New Zealand Ltd, 85 Gardiner Street, Rutherford, NSW 2320, Australia.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of January 2021.

SHALEEN NARAYAN, Team Manager Operations, Ministry for Primary Industries (acting under delegated authority).