Protopic
tacrolimus
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Protopic. It explains how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed the medicine to reach its opinion in favour of granting a marketing authorisation and its recommendations on the conditions of use for Protopic.
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Protopic : EPAR - Summary for the public (PDF/112.64 KB)
First published: 06/07/2009
Last updated: 16/08/2011 -
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Protopic : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/1.99 MB)
First published: 07/09/2020
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Protopic
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000374
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Active substance |
tacrolimus
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
tacrolimus
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Dermatitis, Atopic
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
D11AH01
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
LEO Pharma A/S
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Revision |
26
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
27/02/2002
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Contact address |
Industriparken 55 |
Product information
23/11/2022 Protopic - EMEA/H/C/000374 - N/0091
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Product information documents contain:
- summary of product characteristics (annex I);
- manufacturing authorisation holder responsible for batch release (annex IIA);
- conditions of the marketing authorisation (annex IIB);
- labelling (annex IIIA);
- package leaflet (annex IIIB).
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Other dermatological preparations
Therapeutic indication
Flare treatment
Adults and adolescents (16 years of age and above)
Treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adults who are not adequately responsive to or are intolerant of conventional therapies such as topical corticosteroids.
Children (two years of age and above)
Treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in children (two years of age and above) who failed to respond adequately to conventional therapies such as topical corticosteroids.
Maintenance treatment
Maintenance treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis for the prevention of flares and the prolongation of flare-free intervals in patients experiencing a high frequency of disease exacerbations (i.e. occurring four or more times per year) who have had an initial response to a maximum of six weeks treatment of twice daily tacrolimus ointment (lesions cleared, almost cleared or mildly affected).