Filgrastim Hexal
filgrastim
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR). It explains how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed the studies performed, to reach its recommendations on how to use the medicine.
If you need more information about your medical condition or your treatment, read the package leaflet (also part of the EPAR) or contact your doctor or pharmacist. If you want more information on the basis of the CHMP recommendations, read the scientific discussion (also part of the EPAR).
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Filgrastim Hexal
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000918
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Active substance |
filgrastim
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
filgrastim
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L03AA02
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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 |
Hexal AG
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Revision |
16
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
06/02/2009
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Contact address |
Industriestrasse 25
D-83607 Holzkirchen Germany |
Product information
12/09/2019 Filgrastim Hexal - EMEA/H/C/000918 - WS/1682
Contents
- Annex I - Summary of product characteristics
- Annex IIA - Manufacturing-authorisation holder responsible for batch release
- Annex IIB - Conditions of the marketing authorisation
- Annex IIIA - Labelling
- Annex IIIB - Package leaflet
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Immunostimulants
Therapeutic indication
- Reduction in the duration of neutropenia and the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients treated with established cytotoxic chemotherapy for malignancy (with the exception of chronic myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndromes) and reduction in the duration of neutropenia in patients undergoing myeloablative therapy followed by bone-marrow transplantation considered to be at increased risk of prolonged severe neutropenia.
The safety and efficacy of filgrastim are similar in adults and children receiving cytotoxic chemotherapy. - Mobilisation of peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs).
- In children and adults with severe congenital, cyclic, or idiopathic neutropenia with an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of of ≤ 0.5 x 109/l, and a history of severe or recurrent infections, long-term administration of filgrastim is indicated to increase neutrophil counts and to reduce the incidence and duration of infection-related events.
- Treatment of persistent neutropenia (ANC ≤ 0.5 x 109/l), and a history of severe or recurrent infections, long-term administration of filgrastim is indicated to increase neutrophil counts and to reduce the incidence and duration of infection-related events.
- in patients with advanced HIV infection, in order to reduce the risk of bacterial infections when other therapeutic options are inappropriate.