AKANTIOR

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania

Active ingredients

The drug AKANTIOR contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Polihexanide UNII 322U039GMF - POLIHEXANIDE

Polihexanide acts on both the active trophozoite and dormant cystal forms of Acanthamoeba. Polihexanide is a polycationic polymer composed of hexamethylene biguanide units and has a dual-targeted mechanism of action that involves disruption of Acanthamoeba cell membranes and DNA binding. Read about Polihexanide

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
AKANTIOR Eye drops	European Medicines Agency (EU)	MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
S01AX24		S Sensory organs → S01 Ophthalmologicals → S01A Antiinfectives → S01AX Other antiinfectives
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 3091643, 3091654, 3091665
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 473490
Country: LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	Identifier(s): 1100813, 1100814, 1100815