ONCASPAR

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Pegaspargase
UNII 7D96IR0PPM - PEGASPARGASE

Pegaspargase is a covalent conjugate of Escherichia coli-derived L-asparaginase with monomethoxypolyethylene glycol. The mechanism of action of L-asparaginase is the enzymatic cleavage of the amino acid L-asparagine into aspartic acid and ammonia. Depletion of L-asparagine in blood results in inhibition of protein-synthesis, DNA-synthesis and RNA-synthesis, especially in leukaemic blasts which are not able to synthesise L-asparagine, thus undergoing apoptosis.

Read about Pegaspargase

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
ONCASPAR Solution for injection/infusion 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
L01XX24 Pegaspargase L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L01 Antineoplastic agents → L01X Other antineoplastic agents → L01XX Other antineoplastic agents
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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: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 531319120009217, 540218100003317
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02461900
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1187434, 1759361
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 1151070002
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 449842, 524351
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 61861579
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 378981
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 8866
Country: IT Agenzia del Farmaco Identifier(s): 044702013, 044702025
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1079500, 1084699
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 148644
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 18738, 21439
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100362958, 100403746
Country: RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale Identifier(s): W66171001, W66172001
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 72694-954

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