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: 4% Articadent DENTAL with Adrenaline (Epinephrine) 1:100,000
Active Ingredients: Adrenaline acid tartrate 18.2mcg/mL equivalent to adrenaline 10mcg/mL
Articaine hydrochloride 40mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Dentsply Sirona (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Laboratorios INIBSA, S.A., Barcelona, Spain
   
Product: Flumazenil
Active Ingredient: Flumazenil 0.1mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Max Health Limited
Manufacturer: Siegfried Hameln GmbH, Hameln, Germany
   
Product: Hiberix
Active Ingredient: Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Infanrix-hexa
Component 1:
Active Ingredients:


Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Hepatitis B surface antigen, recombinant 10mcg
Pertactin 8mcg
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 2:
Active Ingredient:

Haemophilus influenzae vaccine, tetanus toxoid conjugate 10mcg
Dosage Form: Powder for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Infanrix-IPV+Hib
Component 1:
Active Ingredients:

Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 30IU
Pertactin 8mcg
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 2:
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 (France), Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, France
   
Product: Praluent
Active Ingredient: Alirocumab 75mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Sanofi Winthrop Industrie, Le Trait, France
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sanofi Pasteur Inc, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Genzyme Ireland Limited, Waterford, Ireland
   
Product: Praluent
Active Ingredient: Alirocumab 150mg/mL
Dosage Form: Solution for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturers: Sanofi Winthrop Industrie, Le Trait, France
Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Genzyme Ireland Limited, Old Kilmeadon Road, Waterford, Ireland
   
Product: Priorix
Active Ingredients: Measles vaccine, Schwarz strain 1000CCID50
Mumps virus, live attenuated, RIT 4385 5012CCID50
Rubella virus, Wistar RA27/3 strain 1000CCID50
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Fidia Farmaceutici SpA, Abano Terme, Italy
Corixia Corporation dba GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Pennsylvania, United States of America
   
Product: Priorix-Tetra
Active Ingredients: Measles vaccine, Schwarz strain 1000CCID50
Mumps virus, live attenuated, RIT 4385 25119CCID50
Rubella virus, Wistar RA27/3 strain 1000CCID50
Varicella vaccine 1995PFU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Rixensart, Belgium
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, Wavre, Belgium
   
Product: Quadracel
Active Ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid, adsorbed 15Lf U
Pertactin 3mcg
Pertussis filamentous haemagglutinin 20mcg
Pertussis fimbriae 2+3 5mcg
Pertussis toxoid, adsorbed 20mcg
Polio virus type 1 40DAgU
Polio virus type 2 8DAgU
Polio virus type 3 32DAgU
Tetanus toxoid, adsorbed 5Lf U
Dosage Form: Suspension for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Sanofi-Aventis New Zealand Limited
Manufacturer: Sanofi Pasteur Limited, Ontario, Canada
   
Product: RINVOQ
Active Ingredient: Upadacitinib hemihydrate 15.4mg equivalent to upadacitinib 15mg
Dosage Form: Modified release tablet
New Zealand Sponsor: AbbVie Limited
Manufacturer: AbbVie Ireland NL B.V., Sligo, Ireland
   
Product: Varilrix Vaccine
Active Ingredient: Varicella vaccine 2000PFU
Dosage Form: Powder for injection with diluent
New Zealand Sponsor: GlaxoSmithKline NZ Limited
Manufacturers: Corixa Corporation dba GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Fidia Farmaceutici SpA, Abano Terme, Italy


Dated this 2nd day of November 2021.

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