Fees
Fees payable under the Medicines Act 1981
(effective from 1 July 2009)
NOTE
- From 1 July 2009 Medsafe will issue a tax invoice which will be sent to the applicant with the acknowledgement letter. Payments are to be made on an invoice basis only - do not send payment with the application/notification
- All fees listed are GST Inclusive
- More detailed descriptions of the type of application or change to which a fee applies can be found on the relevant application form (available at www.medsafe.govt.nz/forms)
Printable version of fees & charges at 1 July 2009 (pdf,96kb)
New Medicine Application (NMA) Fees
New Medicine Application (Abbreviated Evaluation Process) Fees
New Related Product Application (NRPA) Fees
New Medicine Application (Provisional Consent) Fees
Changed Medicine Notifications (CMN) Fees
Change Related Product Notification (CRPN) Fees
Clinical Trial Application Fees
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New Medicine Application (NMA) Fees |
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Type of application |
Fee |
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New higher-risk medicine containing one or more new active substances |
88,875 |
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Any other new higher-risk medicine |
43,875 |
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New intermediate risk medicine - prescription medicine |
43,875 |
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New intermediate risk medicine - non-prescription medicine |
7,650 |
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New lower-risk medicine |
7,650 |
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Additional dose form - higher-risk medicine - Grade 1 or 2 |
43,875 |
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Additional dose form - intermediate-risk prescription medicine - Grade 1 or 2 |
43,875 |
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Additional dose form - intermediate-risk non-prescription medicine - Grade 1 or 2 |
7,650 |
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Additional dose form - lower-risk medicine - Grade 1 or 2 |
7,650 |
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New combination pack containing 2 or more currently approved products |
3,200 |
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Additional names, strengths, flavours and classifications submitted at the same time as the parent application |
0 |
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Additional names, strengths, flavours and classifications submitted subsequent to the parent application |
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Additional name - Grade 1 |
720 |
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Additional name - Grade 2 |
1,440 |
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Additional classification (with/without new name) |
720 |
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Additional strength - Grade 1 |
2,160 |
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Additional strength - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
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Additional strength - Grade 3 |
5,760 |
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Additional strength - Grade 4 |
18,000 |
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Additional strength - Grade 5 |
27,000 |
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Additional flavour or type of sweetening |
1,440 |
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New Medicine Application (Abbreviated Evaluation Process) Fees |
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Type of application |
Fee |
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New higher-risk medicine containing one or more new active substances |
33,750 |
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Any other new higher-risk medicine |
33,750 |
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New intermediate risk medicine - prescription medicine |
16,875 |
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Additional dose forms, names,
strengths, flavours and classifications |
0 |
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New Related Product Application (NRPA) Fees |
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Type of application |
Fee |
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New related product |
5,500 |
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Additional names, strengths, flavours and classifications submitted at the same time as the parent application |
0 |
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Additional names, strengths, flavours and classifications submitted subsequent to the parent application: |
|
|
Additional name - Grade 1 |
720 |
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Additional name - Grade 2 |
1,440 |
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Additional strength |
1,440 |
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Additional flavour or type of sweetening |
1,440 |
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New Medicine Application (Provisional Consent) Fees |
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Type of application |
Fee |
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Application for provisional consent to distribute a new medicine |
8,437 |
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Application for renewal of provisional consent |
500 |
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Changed Medicine Notifications (CMN) Fees |
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|
Non Biological Medicine (CMN Form A) |
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Notifying a material change
(including self-assessable changes) to an approved Type I product (lower
risk medicine) or a Type II product (intermediate- or higher-risk medicine
other than a biological or biotechnological product - but including
antibiotics and like substances derived from micro-organisms). |
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Type of application |
Fee |
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• Product name |
|
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Product name, for each new name |
720 |
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• Formulation |
|
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Formulation - Grade 1, Type 1 |
1,440 |
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Formulation - Grade 1, Type 2 |
2,160 |
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Formulation - Grade 2, Type 1 |
1,440 |
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Formulation - Grade 3, Type 1 |
1,800 |
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Formulation - Grade 4, Type 1 |
2,160 |
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Formulation - Grade 4, Type 2 |
2,880 |
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• Active ingredient |
|
|
Active ingredient manufacturing site |
720 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 1, Type 1 |
720 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 1, Type 2 |
720 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 2, Type 1 |
2,880 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 2, Type 2 |
2,880 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 3, Type 1 |
720 |
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Active ingredient manufacturing process - Grade 3, Type 2 |
720 |
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Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 2 |
720 |
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Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 3 |
720 |
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Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 4, Type 1 |
720 |
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Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 4, Type 2 |
1,440 |
|
• Excipient |
|
|
Excipient specifications/test methods - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Excipient specifications/test methods - Grade 2 |
720 |
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Excipient specifications/test methods - Grade 3 |
720 |
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• Finished product |
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Finished product packing site - Grade 1 |
720 |
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Finished product packing site - Grade 2 |
1,440 |
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Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 1, Type 1 |
1,440 |
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Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 1, Type 2 |
2,160 |
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Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 2, Type 1 |
2,160 |
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Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 2, Type 2 |
2,880 |
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Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 2 |
360 |
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Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 3 |
360 |
|
Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 4 |
720 |
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Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 5, Type 1 |
720 |
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Finished product specifications/test methods - Grade 5, Type 2 |
1,440 |
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• Product stability and packaging |
|
|
Shelf life/storage conditions - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Shelf life/storage conditions - Grade 2 |
1,440 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Container/closure/packaging - Grade 2 |
720 |
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Container/closure/packaging - Grade 3 |
1,440 |
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Container/closure/packaging - Grade 4 |
2,160 |
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Container/closure/packaging - Grade 5 |
2,880 |
|
• Indications and dosage |
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|
Indications/dosage - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 3 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 4 |
720 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 5 |
720 |
|
Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions |
2,880 |
|
• Data sheet |
|
|
Data sheet - miscellaneous changes |
360 |
|
• Labelling |
|
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Labelling - Grade 1 |
360 |
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Labelling - Grade 2 |
720 |
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Labelling - Grade 3 |
720 |
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• Other |
|
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Sponsor |
360 |
|
Self-assessable change(s) |
360 |
|
Administration Fee |
360 |
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Biological or biotechnological medicine (CMN B Form) |
|
|
Notifying a material change
(including self-assessable changes) to an approved Type III (biological or
biotechnological) product (i.e., a vaccine, recombinant product,
monoclonal antibody or variant thereof, or a medicinal product derived
from blood or plasma). |
|
|
Type of application |
Fee |
|
• Product name |
|
|
Product name, for each new name |
720 |
|
• Formulation/Excipients |
|
|
Formulation - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
|
Formulation - Grade 2 |
720 |
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• Bulk Active |
|
|
Bulk Active manufacturing site |
2,880 |
|
Bulk Active methods of manufacture |
2,880 |
|
Change in site of lyophilisation |
1,440 |
|
Revalidation of lyophilisation process |
1,440 |
|
Active ingredient method of manufacture |
720 |
|
Finished product manufacturing site |
2,880 |
|
Finished product secondary packing site |
720 |
|
Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
|
Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
|
Finished product manufacturing process |
720 |
|
• Test methods and specifications |
|
|
Test methods and specifications - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
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Test methods and specifications - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
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Test methods and specifications - Grade 3 |
2,880 |
|
Test methods and specifications - Grade 4 |
1,440 |
|
Test methods and specifications - Grade 5 |
1,440 |
|
Test methods and specifications - Grade 6 |
360 |
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• Product stability and packaging |
|
|
Shelf life/storage conditions - Bulk Actives and Intermediate Bulks |
1,440 |
|
Shelf life/storage conditions - Finished Product |
1,440 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 1 |
1,440 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 3 |
360 |
|
• Indications and dosage |
|
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 2 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 3 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 4 |
720 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 5 |
720 |
|
Contraindications, Warnings and Precautions |
2,880 |
|
• Labelling |
|
|
Labelling - Grade 1 |
360 |
|
Labelling - Grade 2 |
720 |
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Labelling - Grade 3 |
720 |
|
• Data Sheet |
|
|
Data sheet - miscellaneous changes |
360 |
|
• Other |
|
|
Sponsor |
360 |
|
Self-assessable change(s) |
360 |
|
Administration Fee |
360 |
|
Change Related Product Notification (CRPN) Fees |
|
|
Notifying a material change
(including self-assessable changes) to an approved related product. |
|
|
Type of application |
Fee |
|
• Product name |
|
|
Product name |
720 |
|
• Formulation |
|
|
Formulation - Grade 1 |
1,080 |
|
Formulation - Grade 2 |
1,080 |
|
Formulation - Grade 3 |
2,160 |
|
• Active ingredient |
|
|
Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 1 |
360 |
|
Active ingredient specifications/test methods - Grade 2 |
720 |
|
• Finished product |
|
|
Finished product packing site |
720 |
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Finished product manufacturing site - Grade 1 |
720 |
|
Finished product manufacturing site - Grade 2 |
2,160 |
|
Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 1 |
1,440 |
|
Finished product manufacturing process - Grade 2 |
2,160 |
|
Finished product specifications/test methods |
720 |
|
• Product stability and packaging |
|
|
Shelf life/storage conditions - Grade 1 |
360 |
|
Shelf life/storage conditions - Grade 2 |
1,440 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 1 |
360 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 2 |
720 |
|
Container/closure/packaging - Grade 3 |
1,440 |
|
• Indications and dosage |
|
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 1 |
2,880 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 2 |
1,080 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 3 |
1,080 |
|
Indications/dosage - Grade 4 |
720 |
|
• Labelling |
|
|
Labelling - Grade 1 |
360 |
|
Labelling - Grade 2 |
720 |
|
• Other |
|
|
Sponsor |
360 |
|
Self-assessable change(s) |
360 |
|
Administration Fee |
360 |
|
Clinical Trial Application Fees |
|
|
Type of application |
Fee |
|
Application for consent to conduct a clinical trial |
6,525 |
|
Additional clinical trial for the same medicine, submitted at the same time |
3,263 |
|
Licences and Other Fees |
|
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Type of application |
Fee |
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Appeal to the Medicines Review Committee |
9,000 |
|
Issue of a Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product |
250 |
|
Licence to Manufacture Medicines |
13,750 |
|
Licence to Pack Medicines |
845 |
|
GMP Certificates |
135 |
|
Auditing of Manufacturers - $135 per hour, plus $50 Admin fee, plus disbursements |
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Information on the following Licences:
- Licence to Sell by Wholesale
- Licence to Sell Medicines by Retail
- Licence to Hawk Medicines
- Licence to Operate a Pharmacy
- Licence to deal in Controlled Drugs
- Licence to possess Controlled Drugs
- Licence to import Controlled Drugs
- Licence to export Controlled Drugs
can be obtained by contacting Medicines Control: - http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/medicinescontrol-contact
