ATC Group: M04AX Other antigout preparations

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.

Position of M04AX in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 M Musculo-skeletal system
2 M04 Antigout preparations
3 M04A Antigout preparations
4 M04AX Other antigout preparations

Group M04AX contents

Code Title
M04AX01 Urate oxidase
M04AX02

Active ingredients in M04AX

Active Ingredient Description
Pegloticase

Pegloticase is a uric acid specific enzyme which is a recombinant uricase and achieves its therapeutic effect by catalyzing the oxidation of uric acid to allantoin, thereby lowering serum uric acid. Allantoin is an inert and water soluble purine metabolite; it is readily eliminated, primarily by renal excretion.

Related product monographs

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KRYSTEXXA Solution for infusion FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/PLR