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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | Various | |
| 2 | V09 | Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals | |
| 3 | V09I | Tumour detection | |
| 4 | V09IA | Technetium (99mTc) compounds | |
| 5 | V09IA07 |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc hynic-octreotide |
Technetium ⁹⁹ᵐTc hynic-octreotide is for diagnostic use only. Technetium (99mTc) labelled EDDA/HYNIC-TOC binds with high affinity to somatostatin receptor subtypes 2 and 5, also to subtype 3 but with lesser affinity. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
