Faslodex
fulvestrant
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Faslodex. 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 Faslodex.
For practical information about using Faslodex, patients should read the package leaflet or contact their doctor or pharmacist.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Faslodex
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000540
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Active substance |
fulvestrant
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
fulvestrant
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Breast Neoplasms
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L02BA03
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
AstraZeneca AB
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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 |
SE-151 85 Södertälje
Sweden |
Product information
31/08/2022 Faslodex - EMEA/H/C/000540 - N/0074
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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
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Endocrine therapy
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Anti-estrogens
Therapeutic indication
Faslodex is indicated
- as monotherapy for the treatment of estrogen receptor positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women:
- not previously treated with endocrine therapy, or
- with disease relapse on or after adjuvant antiestrogen therapy, or disease progression on antiestrogen therapy.
- in combination with palbociclib for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
In pre- or perimenopausal women, the combination treatment with palbociclib should be combined with a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist.