Cholestagel
colesevelam
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Cholestagel. It explains how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed the medicine to reach its opinion in favour of granting a marketing authorisation and its recommendations on the conditions of use for Cholestagel.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Cholestagel
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000512
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Active substance |
colesevelam (as hydrochloride)
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
colesevelam
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Hypercholesterolemia
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
C10AC04
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
CHEPLAPHARM Arzneimittel GmbH
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Revision |
23
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
09/03/2004
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Contact address |
Ziegelhof 24 |
Product information
16/04/2021 Cholestagel - EMEA/H/C/000512 - T/0044
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- summary of product characteristics (annex I);
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- conditions of the marketing authorisation (annex IIB);
- labelling (annex IIIA);
- package leaflet (annex IIIB).
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Lipid modifying agents
Therapeutic indication
Cholestagel co-administered with a 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA)-reductase inhibitor (statin) is indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet to provide an additive reduction in low-density-lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia who are not adequately controlled with a statin alone.
Cholestagel as monotherapy is indicated as adjunctive therapy to diet for reduction of elevated total cholesterol and LDL-C in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia, in whom a statin is considered inappropriate or is not well tolerated.
Cholestagel can also be used in combination with ezetimibe, with or without a statin, in adult patients with primary hypercholesterolaemia, including patients with familial hypercholesterolaemia (see section 5.1).