Puregon
follitropin beta
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR). It explains how the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) assessed the studies performed, to reach their recommendations on how to use the medicine.
If you need more information about your medical condition or your treatment, read the package leaflet (also part of the EPAR) or contact your doctor or pharmacist. If you want more information on the basis of the CHMP recommendations, read the scientific discussion (also part of the EPAR).
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Puregon
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000086
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Active substance |
follitropin beta
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
follitropin beta
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
G03GA06
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
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Revision |
30
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
02/05/1996
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Contact address |
Product information
18/01/2021 Puregon - EMEA/H/C/000086 - N/0117
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
Sex hormones and modulators of the genital system
Therapeutic indication
In the female:
Puregon is indicated for the treatment of female infertility in the following clinical situations:
- anovulation (including polycystic ovarian syndrome, PCOS) in women who have been unresponsive to treatment with clomifene citrate;
- controlled ovarian hyperstimulation to induce the development of multiple follicles in medically assisted reproduction programs (e.g. in-vitro fertilisation / embryo transfer (IVF/ET), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)).
In the male:
- Deficient spermatogenesis due to hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism.