Grepid
clopidogrel
Table of contents
Overview
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Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Grepid
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/001059
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Active substance |
clopidogrel (as besilate)
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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 | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Pharmathen S.A.
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Revision |
26
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
27/07/2009
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Contact address |
6, Dervenakion str.
Pallini Attiki Greece |
Product information
26/04/2023 Grepid - EMEA/H/C/001059 - II/0054
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- package leaflet (annex IIIB).
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Antithrombotic agents
Therapeutic indication
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 seven days until less than six 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 and who have a low bleeding risk, clopidogrel is indicated in combination with ASA for the prevention of atherothrombotic and thromboembolic events, including stroke.