The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
| Level | Code | Title | |
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1
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J | Antiinfectives for systemic use | |
2
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J05 | Antivirals for systemic use | |
3
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J05A | Direct acting antivirals | |
4
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J05AB | Nucleosides and nucleotides excl. reverse transcriptase inhibitors | |
5
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J05AB18 |
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Molnupiravir is indicated for treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults with a positive SARS-COV-2 diagnostic test and who have at least one risk factor for developing severe illness. Molnupiravir is a prodrug that is metabolised to the ribonucleoside analogue N-hydroxycytidine (NHC) which distributes into cells where it is phosphorylated to form the pharmacologically active ribonucleoside triphosphate (NHC-TP). |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAGEVRIO Hard capsule | MPI, EU: SmPC | Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.