FAMVIR

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malta, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Famciclovir UNII QIC03ANI02 - FAMCICLOVIR

Famciclovir is the oral prodrug of penciclovir. Famciclovir is rapidly converted in vivo into penciclovir, which has in vitro activity against herpes simplex viruses (HSV types 1 and 2), varicella zoster virus (VZV), Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus. Read about Famciclovir

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
FAMVIR Film-coated tablets	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
J05AB09	Famciclovir	J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J05 Antivirals for systemic use → J05A Direct acting antivirals → J05AB Nucleosides and nucleotides excl. reverse transcriptase 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): 2274Q, 8002E, 8092X, 8217L, 8896F, 8897G
Country: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02177102, 02229110, 02229129
Country: EE	Ravimiamet	Identifier(s): 1073270, 1816725
Country: ES	Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS	Identifier(s): 60609, 61597, 65027
Country: FI	Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus	Identifier(s): 166562, 463443
Country: GB	Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	Identifier(s): 142317, 142319, 21917, 21931, 21933, 21958, 21959
Country: HK	Department of Health Drug Office	Identifier(s): 39023, 39905, 45046
Country: IE	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 24477, 66208, 66214, 66276, 66285
Country: IT	Agenzia del Farmaco	Identifier(s): 029172018, 029172057
Country: JP	医薬品医療機器総合機構	Identifier(s): 6250031F1021
Country: MT	Medicines Authority	Identifier(s): MA1333/00101, MA1333/00102, MA1333/00103
Country: NZ	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority	Identifier(s): 7599
Country: ZA	Health Products Regulatory Authority	Identifier(s): 29/20.2.8/0189, 30/20.2.8/0277