22 MARCH 2012

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 35

Product:

Yervoy
Active Ingredient: Ipilimumab 213mg
Dosage Form: Concentrate for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Baxter Pharmaceutical Solutions LLC, Indiana, United States of America

Product:

Yervoy
Active Ingredient: Ipilimumab 53.5mg
Dosage Form: Concentrate for injection
New Zealand Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb (NZ) Limited
Manufacturer: Baxter Pharmaceutical Solutions LLC, Indiana, United States of America

Dated this 14th day of March 2012.

DR DON MACKIE, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation Business Unit, Ministry of Health (pursuant to delegation given by the Minister of Health on 6 July 2001).

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Classification of Medicines

Pursuant to section 106(1) of the Medicines Act 1981, I, Dr Don Mackie, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation Business Unit, Ministry of Health, acting under delegated authority, hereby declare that the medicine listed in Schedule 3 to this notice is classified as a pharmacy-only medicine.

Every reference to a medicine in this notice applies whether the medicine is synthetic in origin or is from biological or mineral sources.

Unless specific reference is made otherwise, every reference applies also to medicines that are:

(a) preparations and admixtures containing any proportion of any substance listed in the notice.

(b) salts and esters of any substance listed in the notice.

(c) preparations or extracts of biological materials listed in the notice.

(d) salts or oxides of elements listed in the notice.

Unless specific reference is made otherwise, every reference to a medicine applies:

(i) if the medicine is in an injection or eye preparation, to any concentration of that medicine; and

(ii) if the medicine is not in an injection or eye preparation, only if the concentration of the medicine is greater than 10 milligrams per litre or per kilogram.

Where any reference is modified by a statement of the strength of the medicine, the strength is calculated using the free acid, base, alcohol or element unless specifically stated otherwise.

Schedule 3

Pharmacy-only Medicines

Fexofenadine; for oral use except for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis in adults and children 12 years of age and over when in capsules containing 60 milligrams or less of fexofenadine hydrochloride or in tablets containing 120 milligrams or less of fexofenadine hydrochloride with a maximum daily dose of 120 milligrams when sold in the manufacturer’s original pack containing 10 dosage units or less and not more than 5 days’ supply

Medicines for General Sale

Please note that the following medicine is now available for general sale.

Fexofenadine; for the treatment of seasonal allergic rhinitis in adults and children 12 years of age and over when in capsules containing 60 milligrams or less of fexofenadine hydrochloride or in tablets containing 120 milligrams or less of fexofenadine hydrochloride with a maximum daily dose of 120 milligrams when sold in the manufacturer’s original pack containing 10 dosage units or less and not more than 5 days’ supply

Dated this 19th day of March 2012.

DR DON MACKIE, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Leadership, Protection and Regulation Business Unit, Ministry of Health.

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Internal Affairs

Civil Union Act 2004

Civil Union Celebrants for 2012 Notice No. 7

Pursuant to the provisions of sections 26 and 27 of the Civil Union Act 2004, the following persons have been appointed as civil union celebrants for the period 22 March 2012 to 31 January 2013:

Allan, Vivienne Jan, 834A Beach Road, Browns Bay, Auckland.
Goodwin, Suzanne Katherine, 3 Manhattan Court, Paraparaumu Beach.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 2012.

B. E. CLARKE, Registrar-General.

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Marriage Act 1955

Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 8

Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1955, the Registrar-General of Marriages hereby gives notice as follows.

Notice

1. This notice may be cited as the Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 8.

2. The organisations specified in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared to be approved organisations for the purpose of the Marriage Act 1955.

Schedule
God of Victory Christian Church.
Unity Apostles Church – New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of March 2012.

B. E. CLARKE, Registrar-General.

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