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: Alprolix
Active Ingredient: Eftrenonacog alfa 250IU
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Alprolix
Active Ingredient: Eftrenonacog alfa 500IU
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Alprolix
Active Ingredient: Eftrenonacog alfa 1000IU
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Alprolix
Active Ingredient: Eftrenonacog alfa 2000IU
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Alprolix
Active Ingredient: Eftrenonacog alfa 3000IU
Dosage Form: Powder for infusion with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co KG, Langenargen, Germany
   
Product: Flixotide
Active Ingredient: Fluticasone propionate 125mcg
Dosage Form: Aerosol inhaler, metered dose
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Glaxo Wellcome Production, Evreux, France
Glaxo Wellcome SA, Burgos, Spain
   
Product: Flixotide
Active Ingredient: Fluticasone propionate 250mcg
Dosage Form: Aerosol inhaler, metered dose
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Glaxo Wellcome Production, Evreux, France
Glaxo Wellcome SA, Burgos, Spain
   
Product: Flixotide Junior
Active Ingredient: Fluticasone propionate 50mcg
Dosage Form: Aerosol inhaler, metered dose
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Glaxo Wellcome Production, Evreux, France
Glaxo Wellcome SA, Burgos, Spain
   
Product: FluQuadri
Active Ingredients: Influenza virus A/Michigan/45/2015 (H1N1) pdm09 - like strain 15mcg
Influenza virus A/Switzerland/8060/2017 (H3N2) like strain 15mcg
Influenza virus B/Colorado/06/2017 - like strain 15mcg
Influenza virus B/Phuket/3073/2013 - like strain 15mcg
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Sanofi Pasteur Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Janumet
Active Ingredients: Metformin hydrochloride 500mg
Sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate 64.25mg equivalent to sitagliptin 50mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Patheon Puerto Rico Inc., Manati, Puerto Rico
Aesica Queenborough Limited, Queenborough, United Kingdom
   
Product: Janumet
Active Ingredients: Metformin hydrochloride 850mg
Sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate 64.25mg equivalent to sitagliptin 50mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Patheon Puerto Rico Inc., Manati, Puerto Rico
Aesica Queenborough Limited, Queenborough, United Kingdom
   
Product: Janumet
Active Ingredients: Metformin hydrochloride 1000mg
Sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate 64.25mg equivalent to sitagliptin 50mg
Dosage Form: Film coated tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: Merck Sharp & Dohme (New Zealand) Limited
Manufacturers: Patheon Puerto Rico Inc., Manati, Puerto Rico
Aesica Queenborough Limited, Queenborough, United Kingdom


Dated this 23rd day of July 2021.

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