Qutenza
capsaicin
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Qutenza. 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 Qutenza.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Qutenza
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000909
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Active substance |
capsaicin
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
capsaicin
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Neuralgia
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
N01BX04
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Grunenthal GmbH
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Revision |
16
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
15/05/2009
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Contact address |
Zieglerstrasse 6
52078 Aachen Germany |
Product information
21/09/2021 Qutenza - EMEA/H/C/000909 - N/0053
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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
Anesthetics
Therapeutic indication
Qutenza is indicated for the treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain in adults either alone or in combination with other medicinal products for pain.