PYLONIC

This brand name is authorized in Japan

Active ingredients

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

1 Urea ¹³C
UNII W6KX9E6D8X - UREA C-13

13C-urea is administered in the course of the breath test. After oral ingestion the labelled urea reaches the gastric mucosa. In the presence of Helicobacter pylori the 13C-urea is metabolised by the enzyme urease of Helicobacter pylori.

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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
V04CX05 V Various → V04 Diagnostic agents → V04C Other diagnostic agents → V04CX Other diagnostic 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: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 7290005F1029

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