SIRTURO

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Bedaquiline
UNII P04QX2C1A5 - BEDAQUILINE FUMARATE

Bedaquiline is a diarylquinoline. Bedaquiline specifically inhibits mycobacterial ATP (adenosine 5'-triphosphate) synthase, an essential enzyme for the generation of energy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The inhibition of ATP synthase leads to bactericidal effects for both replicating and non-replicating tubercle bacilli.

Read about Bedaquiline

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
SIRTURO Tablet 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
J04AK05 J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J04 Antimycobacterials → J04A Drugs for treatment of tuberculosis → J04AK Other drugs for treatment of tuberculosis
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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): 1642496, 1708589, 1845402
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 113901002
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 518777
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 65690588
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 379783
Country: HK Department of Health Drug Office Identifier(s): 64766
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 8461
Country: IT Agenzia del Farmaco Identifier(s): 043332016, 043332028, 043332030
Country: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 6222007F1023
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1072967, 1082210, 1092351
Country: NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority Identifier(s): 17632
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100322640, 100463295
Country: RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale Identifier(s): W60621001, W60621002
Country: TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu Identifier(s): 8699593015311
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 59676-701, 59676-702
Country: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 47/20.2.3/1182

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