Bemfola
follitropin alfa
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Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Bemfola. It explains how the Agency assessed the medicine to recommend its authorisation in the EU and its conditions of use. It is not intended to provide practical advice on how to use Bemfola.
For practical information about using Bemfola, patients should read the package leaflet or contact their doctor or pharmacist.
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Bemfola : EPAR - Summary for the public (PDF/82.4 KB)
First published: 16/05/2014
Last updated: 16/05/2014
EMA/CHMP/50313/2014 -
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Bemfola : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/137.59 KB)
First published: 16/05/2014
Last updated: 16/05/2014
EMA/83300/2014
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Bemfola
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/002615
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Active substance |
follitropin alfa
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
follitropin alfa
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Anovulation
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
G03GA05
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Biosimilar |
This is a biosimilar medicine, which is a biological medicine highly similar to another already approved biological medicine called the ‘reference medicine’. For more information, see Biosimilar medicines. |
Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Gedeon Richter Plc.
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Revision |
10
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
26/03/2014
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Contact address |
Gyomroi ut 19-21 |
Product information
16/12/2022 Bemfola - EMEA/H/C/002615 - IB/0040
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Product information documents contain:
- summary of product characteristics (annex I);
- manufacturing authorisation holder responsible for batch release (annex IIA);
- conditions of the marketing authorisation (annex IIB);
- labelling (annex IIIA);
- package leaflet (annex IIIB).
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system
Therapeutic indication
In adult women:
- anovulation (including polycystic ovarian disease, PCOD) in women who have been unresponsive to treatment with clomiphene citrate;
- stimulation of multifollicular development in patients undergoing superovulation for assisted reproductive technologies (ART) such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT) and zygote intra-fallopian transfer (ZIFT);
- follitropin alfa in association with a luteinising hormone (LH) preparation is recommended for the stimulation of follicular development in women with severe LH and FSH deficiency. In clinical trials these patients were defined by an endogenous serum LH level < 1.2 IU/l.
In adult men:
- follitropin alfa is indicated for the stimulation of spermatogenesis in men who have congenital or acquired hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism with concomitant human Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG) therapy.