Miglustat Dipharma
miglustat
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Overview
Miglustat Dipharma is used to treat two inherited diseases that affect the way the body handles fats. Both diseases cause a build-up of fatty substances called glycosphingolipids in the body. Miglustat Dipharma is used to treat the following patients:
- adults (aged 18 years and above) with mild to moderate type-1 Gaucher disease. Patients with this disease lack an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase, which results in a glycosphingolipid called glucosylceramide building up in different parts of the body, such as the spleen, liver and bones. Miglustat Dipharma is used in patients who cannot receive the standard treatment of enzyme- replacement therapy (ERT);
- patients of all ages with Niemann-Pick type-C disease, a potentially fatal disease in which glycosphingolipids build up within cells in the brain and elsewhere in the body. Miglustat Dipharma is used to treat the neurological symptoms of the disease (symptoms affecting the brain and nerves). These include loss of coordination, problems with ‘saccadic’ (rapid) eye movements that can lead to impaired vision, delayed development, difficulty swallowing, decreased muscle tone, fits and learning
Miglustat Dipharma is a ‘generic medicine’. This means that Miglustat Dipharma contains the same active substance and works in the same way as a ‘reference medicine’ already authorised in the EU called Zavesca.
Authorisation details
| Product details | |
|---|---|
| Name |
Miglustat Dipharma
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| Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/004904
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| Active substance |
miglustat
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| International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
miglustat
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| Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Gaucher Disease
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| Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
A16AX06
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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 |
Dipharma Arzneimittel GmbH
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| Revision |
5
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| Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
18/02/2019
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| Contact address |
Offheimer Weg 33 |
Product information
13/01/2023 Miglustat Dipharma - EMEA/H/C/004904 - T/0015
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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
Other alimentary tract and metabolism products
Therapeutic indication
Miglustat Dipharma is indicated for the oral treatment of adult patients with mild to moderate type 1 Gaucher disease.
Miglustat Dipharma may be used only in the treatment of patients for whom enzyme replacement therapy is unsuitable.
Miglustat Dipharma is indicated for the treatment of progressive neurological manifestations in adult patients and paediatric patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease.