Nucala
mepolizumab
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Overview
Nucala is used to treat:
- a particular type of asthma called eosinophilic asthma in patients aged 6 years and above. It is used with other medicines in patients whose asthma is severe and not well controlled with previous treatments;
- severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (inflamed lining of the nose and sinuses with swellings in the nose) in adults. Nucala is used with a corticosteroid given into the nose when corticosteroid given by mouth or injection with or without surgery does not work well enough;
- eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a disease that causes vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels) in the lungs, heart, intestines, and nerves. This can lead to asthma, chronic sinusitis and elevated levels of a type of white blood cell called eosinophils. Nucala is used with other medicines in patients aged 6 years and above when EGPA is relapsing-remitting or not well controlled with previous treatments. ‘Relapsing-remitting’ means that the patient has flare-ups of symptoms (relapses) followed by periods of recovery (remissions);
- hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), a disease in which eosinophils start growing out of control. It is used with other medicines in adults whose disease is not well controlled with previous treatments and when the disease is linked to a blood abnormality or has no obvious cause.
Nucala contains the active substance mepolizumab.
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Nucala : EPAR - Medicine overview (PDF/157.41 KB)
First published: 03/12/2015
Last updated: 13/12/2021
EMA/466140/2019 -
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Nucala : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/516.32 KB)
First published: 03/12/2015
Last updated: 13/10/2022
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Nucala
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/003860
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Active substance |
Mepolizumab
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
mepolizumab
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Asthma
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
R03DX09
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
GlaxoSmithKline Trading Services
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Revision |
18
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
01/12/2015
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Contact address |
12 Riverwalk |
Product information
11/10/2022 Nucala - EMEA/H/C/003860 - IB/0051
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Drugs for obstructive airway diseases
Therapeutic indication
Severe eosinophilic asthma
Nucala is indicated as an add-on treatment for severe refractory eosinophilic asthma in adults, adolescents and children aged 6 years and older .
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP)
Nucala is indicated as an add-on therapy with intranasal corticosteroids for the treatment of adult patients with severe CRSwNP for whom therapy with systemic corticosteroids and/or surgery do not provide adequate control.
Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA)
Nucala is indicated as an add-on treatment for patients aged 6 years and older with relapsing-remitting or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA).
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES)
Nucala is indicated as an add-on treatment for adult patients with inadequately controlled hypereosinophilic syndrome without an identifiable non-haematologic secondary cause.