CRESTOR

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Rosuvastatin UNII 83MVU38M7Q - ROSUVASTATIN CALCIUM

Rosuvastatin is a selective and competitive inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase. Rosuvastatin increases the number of hepatic LDL receptors on the cell-surface, enhancing uptake and catabolism of LDL and it inhibits the hepatic synthesis of VLDL, thereby reducing the total number of VLDL and LDL particles. Read about Rosuvastatin

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
CRESTOR Film-coated tablet	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)	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
C10AA07	Rosuvastatin	C Cardiovascular system → C10 Lipid modifying agents → C10A Lipid modifying agents, plain → C10AA HMG CoA reductase inhibitors
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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: AU	Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	Identifier(s): 2574L, 2584B, 2590H, 2594M, 2606E, 2609H, 2628H, 2636R
Country: BR	Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos	Identifier(s): 502305301118212, 502305302114210, 502305304117217, 502305305113215, 502305307116319, 502305308112317, 502319060034103
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02247162, 02247163, 02247164, 02265540
Country: DE	Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte	Identifier(s): 00185324, 00185399, 00185442, 00185560, 00316223, 00321721, 05484451, 05484468, 05486504, 05486510, 05486533, 05486556, 05900702, 05907609, 05907621, 06143686, 06143692, 06149602, 06149619, 06149654, 06429081, 06429129, 06442265, 06442288, 06562584, 06574601, 06808766, 06808772, 06836768, 07745217, 07745246, 07758639, 10087344, 10100547, 11174068, 11293608, 11519136, 11519142, 12394317, 12509909, 12593494, 14242327, 16085151, 16085168, 16085174, 16319382, 16319399, 16914044, 16939995, 16940047, 16940053, 17447981, 17447998
Country: EC	Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria	Identifier(s): 25.522-01-04, 25.523-01-04, 25.578-02-04, 27.519-1-11-11
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 1106019, 1106031, 1106042, 1106053, 1106064, 1106075, 1106086, 1106097, 1106109, 1106110, 1106121, 1106132, 1106143, 1106154, 1106165, 1106176, 1310016, 1310027, 1362631, 1362642, 1362653, 1362664, 1362675, 1362686, 1362697, 1362709, 1362710
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 035885058, 035885209, 035885209IP, 70243, 70244, 70334
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 151168, 197005, 407798, 415955, 461064, 482603, 487301, 561007, 576640, 582737
Country: FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	Identifier(s): 63191743, 67273757, 68479386
Country: GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Identifier(s): 138578, 138580, 138584, 138586, 142118, 142124, 142128, 142129, 161548, 161549, 180553, 182287, 182289, 182300, 185721, 187458, 198703, 373581, 41711, 41715, 41722, 97476
Country: HK	Department of Health Drug Office	Identifier(s): 51740, 51741, 51742, 54416
Country: IE	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 18905, 19164, 19202, 19207, 19226, 19238, 19260, 19261, 19262, 66914, 66915, 66916, 66917
Country: IL	מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת	Identifier(s): 4706, 4707, 4708
Country: IT	Agenzia del Farmaco	Identifier(s): 035885058, 035885209, 035885351, 035885502
Country: JP	医薬品医療機器総合機構	Identifier(s): 2189017F1022, 2189017F2029, 2189017F3025, 2189017F4021
Country: LT	Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba	Identifier(s): 1004293, 1004294, 1011070, 1011071, 1033012, 1050854
Country: MT	Medicines Authority	Identifier(s): MA046/02001, MA046/02002, MA046/02003, MA046/02004, PI770/13401A, PI770/13402A, PI770/13403A, PI908/05101B, PI908/05101C, PI908/05102A, PI908/05103A, PI908/05104A
Country: MX	Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios	Identifier(s): 177M2003
Country: NG	Registered Drug Product Database	Identifier(s): A4-5402, A4-5403, A4-5404, A4-5405
Country: NL	Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK	Identifier(s): 201030, 201049, 201057, 201065
Country: NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	Identifier(s): 10475, 10476, 10477, 12024
Country: PL	Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych	Identifier(s): 100135145, 100185686, 100188130, 100188271, 100339994, 100434818, 100434824, 100445035, 100446098, 100459391
Country: RO	Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale	Identifier(s): W65077001, W65077002, W65077003, W65078001, W65078002, W65078003, W65079001, W65079002, W65079003, W65080001
Country: SG	Health Sciences Authority	Identifier(s): 12157P, 12158P, 12159P, 13154P
Country: TN	Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament	Identifier(s): 4833064, 4833065, 4833066
Country: TR	İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu	Identifier(s): 8699786090163, 8699786090187, 8699786090248, 8699786090255, 8699786090262, 8699786090279, 8699786092761, 8699786092778
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0310-0751, 0310-0752, 0310-0754, 0310-0755, 50090-1097, 55154-6921, 55289-932, 55289-935, 63629-3381, 63629-4372, 63629-6372, 63629-6427, 63629-6924
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 36/7.5/0349, 36/7.5/0350, 36/7.5/0351, 41/7.5/0298