Medicine Classification




4 JULY 2013

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 85

Schedule 1

Prescription Medicines

  • 5-aminolevulinic acid
  • Abiraterone acetate
  • Afamelanotide
  • Aflibercept
  • Amorolfine; except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except in preparations for the treatment of tinea pedis only or when sold in practice by a podiatrist registered with the Podiatrists Board
  • Apixaban
  • Asenapine
  • Axitinib
  • Azelastine; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Belatacept
  • Belimumab
  • Boceprevir
  • Cabazitaxel
  • Canagliflozin
  • Catumaxomab
  • Ceftaroline fosamil
  • Cholera vaccine; except in the form of an oral liquid containing Vibrio cholerae when sold in a pharmacy by a registered pharmacist
  • Cobicistat
  • Cyclizine; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Clotrimazole; except in medicines for vaginal or external use
  • Dapagliflozin propanediol
  • Degarelix
  • Denosumab
  • Diclofenac; in preparations for the treatment of solar keratosis; except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except in preparations for external use other than for the treatment of solar keratosis
  • Dronedarone
  • Econazole; except in medicines for vaginal or dermal use
  • Eculizumab
  • Elvitegravir
  • Eribulin mesylate
  • Febuxostat
  • Ferric carboxymaltose
  • Fingolimod
  • Follistatin
  • Guaiphenesin; for oral use in medicines containing more than 2% or 200 milligrams per dose form except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except for oral use in modified release form with a maximum recommended daily dose of not more than 2.4 grams when sold in the manufacturer’s original pack containing not more than 10 days’ supply
  • Icatibant
  • Indacaterol
  • Influenza vaccine; except when administered to a person 18 years of age or over by a registered pharmacist who has successfully completed a vaccinator training course approved by the Ministry of Health and who is complying with the immunisation standards of the Ministry of Health
  • Ingenol mebutate
  • Ipilimumab
  • Isoconazole; except in medicines for vaginal or dermal use
  • Linagliptin
  • Lixisenatide
  • Lovastatin; except when present as an unmodified, naturally occurring substance in a food that has not been subject to a manufacturing process other than heating, freezing, drying, preserving, bottling, canning, or packaging in retort pouches
  • Mercurochrome; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Miconazole; except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except in medicines for tinea pedis only or when sold in practice by a podiatrist registered with the Podiatrists Board
  • Nitisinone
  • Nomegestrol
  • Nystatin; except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except in medicines for tinea pedis only or when sold in practice by a podiatrist registered with the Podiatrists Board
  • Ofatumumab
  • Omeprazole; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Oseltamivir; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Pantoprazole; except when specified elsewhere in this notice
  • Pertuzumab
  • Pitavastatin
  • Plerixafor
  • Prucalopride
  • Pseudoephedrine
  • Ranitidine; except when specified elsewhere in this notice; except in medicines containing 150 milligrams or less per dose unit when sold in the manufacturer’s original pack containing not more than 7 days’ supply
  • Remestemcel-L
  • Rifaximin
  • Rilpivirine
  • Rupatadine
  • Sapropterin
  • Tafluprost
  • Taliglucerase alfa
  • Telaprevir
  • Terbinafine; except in medicines for dermal use
  • Teriflunomide
  • Ticagrelor
  • Tioconazole; except in medicines for vaginal or dermal use
  • Tolvaptan
  • Trastuzumab emtansine
  • Trimethoprim; except in medicines for oral use containing 300 milligrams or less per dose unit when sold in a pack of 3 solid dosage units to a woman aged 16–65 years for the treatment of an uncomplicated urinary tract infection by a registered pharmacist who has successfully completed the New Zealand College of Pharmacists’ training in the treatment of urinary tract infections
  • Tuberculin
  • Velaglucerase alfa
  • Vemurafenib
  • Vilanterol
  • Vorinostat

Schedule 2

Restricted Medicines

  • Adrenaline; in medicines containing 1% or less except in medicines for injection containing 0.02% or less
  • Brompheniramine; for oral use in medicines for adults or children over 2 years of age other than in medicines used


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