Equidacent
bevacizumab
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Overview
The marketing authorisation for Equidacent has been withdrawn at the request of the marketing-authorisation holder.
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Equidacent : EPAR - Medicine overview (PDF/714.66 KB)
First published: 12/10/2020
Last updated: 25/11/2021
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Equidacent : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/755.75 KB)
First published: 12/10/2020
Last updated: 25/11/2021
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Equidacent
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/005181
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Active substance |
bevacizumab
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
bevacizumab
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L01XC07
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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. |
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 |
Centus Biotherapeutics Europe Limited
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Revision |
3
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
24/09/2020
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Contact address |
6th Floor South Bank House |
Product information
27/05/2021 Equidacent - EMEA/H/C/005181 - IB/0004
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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
Antineoplastic agents
Therapeutic indication
Bevacizumab in combination with fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy is indicated for treatment of adult patients with metastatic carcinoma of the colon or rectum.
Bevacizumab in combination with paclitaxel is indicated for first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic breast cancer. For further information as to human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status, please refer to section 5.1.
Bevacizumab in combination with capecitabine is indicated for first-line treatment of adult patients with metastatic breast cancer in whom treatment with other chemotherapy options including taxanes or anthracyclines is not considered appropriate. Patients who have received taxane and anthracycline- containing regimens in the adjuvant setting within the last 12 months should be excluded from treatment with Equidacent in combination with capecitabine. For further information as to HER2 status, please refer to section 5.1.
Bevacizumab, in addition to platinum-based chemotherapy, is indicated for first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-small cell lung cancer other than predominantly squamous cell histology.
Bevacizumab, in combination with erlotinib, is indicated for first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, metastatic or recurrent non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) activating mutations.
Bevacizumab in combination with interferon alfa-2a is indicated for first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced and/or metastatic renal cell cancer.
Bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel is indicated for the front-line treatment of adult patients with advanced (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stages IIIB, IIIC and IV) epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer (see section 5.1).
Bevacizumab, in combination with carboplatin and gemcitabine or in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel, is indicated for treatment of adult patients with first recurrence of platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who have not received prior therapy with bevacizumab or other VEGF inhibitors or VEGF receptor-targeted agents.
Bevacizumab, in combination with paclitaxel and cisplatin or, alternatively, paclitaxel and topotecan in patients who cannot receive platinum therapy, is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic carcinoma of the cervix.