Revised: 16 July 2025
About Medsafe
What's New
List of latest updated/new Datasheets and CMI can be found here
Additions to the Medsafe Website
21 July 2025
ConsultationCurrent
Topical corticosteroids: Proposal for the package labelling to state their potency - Closing date changed to 13 August 2025
16 July 2025
CommitteesMedicines Classification Committee
Comments on agenda items for the 74th meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee to be held on 23 July 2025
Safety Information
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Lenalidomide Viatris (PDF, 2 pages, 543 KB)
3 July 2025
ComplianceUnapproved Medicines
Suppling Unapproved Medicines
1 July 2025
CommitteesMedicines Assessment Advisory Committee
Agenda for the 126th meeting of the Medicines Assessment Advisory Committee – 18 July 2025
30 June 2025
Information for ConsumersConsumer Information Leaflets
Reporting side effects of medicines and vaccines (PDF 166KB, 1 page)
27 June 2025
Safety InformationDear Healthcare Professional Letters
Risperdal (PDF, 8 pages, 308 KB)
24 June 2025
ConsultationOutcome
Outcome of the consultation on the proposal to change the regulatory and funding restrictions for stimulant treatments for ADHD
16 June 2025
ConsultationCurrent
Topical corticosteroids: Proposal for the package labelling to state their potency
Information for Industry
Forms and Templates
Changing
the Status of a Presentation or Pack Size form (Microsoft Word
40KB, 1 page)
12 June 2025
ConsultationCurrent
Proposed updates to the Guideline on the Regulation of Therapeutic Products in New Zealand: Bioequivalence of medicines
Medicines
Approval Process
Medsafe Industry Meeetings May 2025
10 June 2025
Committees
Medicines Classification Committee
Agenda for the 74th
meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee to be held on 23 July
2025
6 June 2025
Publications
Prescriber Update
Prescriber Update Vol. 46. No. 1 -
March 2025
30 May 2025
Safety Information
Alert Communication
Stop using Euky Bear
Warm Steam Vaporiser – model number EBSV2013
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Ventolin (PDF,
2 pages, 200 KB)
22 May 2925
Safety Information
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Estradiol
(Mylan) (PDF, 3 pages, 352 KB)
Zyprexa IM
(PDF, 2 pages, 226 KB
5 May 2025
Medicines
Policy Statements
Early
notification of potential medicine supply issues
1 May 2025
Committees
Medicines Classification Committee
Minutes
of the 73rd meeting of the Medicines Classification Committee - 26 February
2025
Comments on agenda items for the 73rd meeting of the Medicines Classification
Committee
Dates and Deadlines
26 April 2025
Information for Industry
Regulatory Consultants
23 April 2025
Compliance
Pharmacy licensing
Pharmacy Licence
Register
17 April 2025
Committees
Medicines Adverse Reaction
Minutes of the 201th Medicines
Adverse Reactions Committee Meeting
MARC Reports from the 201th
Medicines Adverse Reactions Committee Meeting
14 April 2025
Safety Information
Monitoring Communication
Update - Direct acting oral anticoagulants and potential for patients
to experience mood changes (monitoring closed February 2025)
7 April 2025
Safety Information
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Topamax (topiramate):
New restrictions to prevent exposure during pregnancy (PDF, 4 pages,
143KB)
4 April 2025
Medicines
Approval Process
Medsafe Industry Virtual
Meetings
1 April 2025
Safety Information
Alert Communication
Ayurvedic
medicines update
Safety Information
Dear Healthcare Professional Letters
Important information:
VENOFER® (iron sucrose) 20 mg /mL solution for injection INTERIM PACKAGING
