Zeffix
lamivudine
Table of contents
Overview
This is a summary of the European public assessment report (EPAR) for Zeffix. 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 Zeffix.
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Zeffix
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000242
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Active substance |
lamivudine
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
lamivudine
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
Hepatitis B, Chronic
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
J05AF05
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Limited
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Revision |
29
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
29/07/1999
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Contact address |
12 Riverwalk |
Product information
18/07/2022 Zeffix - EMEA/H/C/000242 - IAIN/0084
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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
Antivirals for systemic use
Therapeutic indication
Zeffix is indicated for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in adults with:
- compensated liver disease with evidence of active viral replication, persistently elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels and histological evidence of active liver inflammation and / or fibrosis. Initiation of lamivudine treatment should only be considered when the use of an alternative antiviral agent with a higher genetic barrier is not available or appropriate;
- decompensated liver disease in combination with a second agent without cross-resistance to lamivudine.