Brineura
cerliponase alfa
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Brineura. 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 Brineura.
For practical information about using Brineura, patients should read the package leaflet or contact their doctor or pharmacist.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Brineura
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/004065
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Active substance |
cerliponase alfa
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
cerliponase alfa
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
A16AB
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Accelerated assessment |
This medicine had an accelerated assessment. This means that it is a medicine of major interest for public health, so its timeframe for review was 150 evaluation days rather than 210. For more information, see Accelerated assessment. |
Additional monitoring |
This medicine is under additional monitoring, meaning that it is monitored even more intensively than other medicines. For more information, see Medicines under additional monitoring. |
Exceptional circumstances |
This medicine was authorised under exceptional circumstances, because the applicant was unable to provide comprehensive data on the efficacy and safety of the medicine under normal conditions of use. This can happen because the condition to be treated is rare or because collection of full information is not possible or is unethical. For more information, see Pre-authorisation guidance. |
Orphan |
This medicine was designated an orphan medicine. This means that it was developed for use against a rare, life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition or, for economic reasons, it would be unlikely to have been developed without incentives. For more information, see Orphan designation. |
Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
BioMarin International Limited
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Revision |
6
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
30/05/2017
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Contact address |
Shanbally |
Product information
28/03/2022 Brineura - EMEA/H/C/004065 - R/0034
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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
Other alimentary tract and metabolism products
Therapeutic indication
Brineura is indicated for the treatment of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (CLN2) disease, also known as tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1) deficiency