Clopidogrel HCS
clopidogrel
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Clopidogrel HCS. 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 Clopidogrel HCS.
Authorisation details
| Product details | |
|---|---|
| Name |
Clopidogrel HCS
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| Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/002255
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| Active substance |
clopidogrel (as hydrochloride)
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| International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
clopidogrel
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| Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
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| Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
B01AC04
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Generic |
This is a generic medicine, which is developed to be the same as a medicine that has already been authorised, called the reference medicine. A generic medicine contains the same active substance(s) as the reference medicine, and is used at the same dose(s) to treat the same disease(s). For more information, see Generic and hybrid medicines. |
| Publication details | |
|---|---|
| Marketing-authorisation holder |
HCS bvba
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| Revision |
8
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| Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
28/10/2010
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| Contact address |
HCS bvba
H. Kennisstraat 53 B-2650 Edegem Belgium |
Product information
03/05/2018 Clopidogrel HCS - EMEA/H/C/002255 - IB/0023
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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
Antithrombotic agents
Therapeutic indication
Secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events
Clopidogrel is indicated in:
- Adult patients suffering from myocardial infarction (from a few days until less than 35 days), ischaemic stroke (from 7 days until less than 6 months) or established peripheral arterial disease.
- Adult patients suffering from acute coronary syndrome:
- Non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction), including patients undergoing a stent placement following percutaneous coronary intervention, in combination with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA).
- ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction, in combination with ASA in medically treated patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy.
Prevention of atherothrombotic and thromboembolic events in atrial fibrillation
In adult patients with atrial fibrillation who have at least one risk factor for vascular events, are not suitable for treatment with Vitamin K antagonists (VKA) and who have a low bleeding risk, clopidogrel is indicated in combination with ASA for the prevention of atherothrombotic and thromboembolic events, including stroke.
For further information please refer to section 5.1.