Pelmeg
pegfilgrastim
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Overview
Pelmeg is a medicine used in cancer patients to help with neutropenia (low levels of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell), which is a common side effect of cancer treatment and can leave patients vulnerable to infections.
It is given specifically to reduce the duration of neutropenia and prevent febrile neutropenia (when neutropenia is accompanied by fever).
Pelmeg is not intended for use in patients with the blood cancer chronic myeloid leukaemia or with myelodysplastic syndromes (conditions in which large numbers of abnormal blood cells are produced, which can develop into leukaemia).
Pelmeg is a ‘biosimilar medicine’. This means that Pelmeg is highly similar to another biological medicine (the ‘reference medicine’) that is already authorised in the EU. The reference medicine for Pelmeg is Neulasta.
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Pelmeg : EPAR - Medicine overview (PDF/74.55 KB)
First published: 03/12/2018
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Pelmeg : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/98.97 KB)
First published: 03/12/2018
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Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Pelmeg
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/004700
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Active substance |
pegfilgrastim
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
pegfilgrastim
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Neutropenia
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
L03AA13
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Additional monitoring |
This medicine is under additional monitoring, meaning that it is monitored even more intensively than other medicines. For more information, see Medicines under additional monitoring. |
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 |
Mundipharma Corporation (Ireland) Limited
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Revision |
4
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
20/11/2018
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Contact address |
Product information
09/03/2020 Pelmeg - EMEA/H/C/004700 - T/0005
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
To reduce the duration of neutropenia and the incidence of febrile neutropenia due to chemotherapy.