ALKACEL

This brand name is authorized in Estonia, Lithuania

Active ingredients

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

1 Melphalan
UNII Q41OR9510P - MELPHALAN

Melphalan is a bifunctional alkylating agent. Formation of carbonium intermediates from each of the two bis-2-chloroethyl groups enables alkylation through covalent binding with the 7-nitrogen of guanine on DNA, cross-linking the two DNA strands and thereby preventing cell replication.

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Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
L01AA03 Melphalan L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L01 Antineoplastic agents → L01A Alkylating agents → L01AA Nitrogen mustard analogues
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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): 1718568
Country: LT Valstybinฤ— vaistลณ kontrolฤ—s tarnyba Identifier(s): 1088584, 1090493

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