SORIATANE

This brand name is authorized in Canada, France, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Acitretin UNII LCH760E9T7 - ACITRETIN

Acitretin, a synthetic aromatic derivative of retinoic acid, has a favourable therapeutic ratio, with a greater and more specific inhibitory effect on psoriasis and disorders of epithelial keratinisation. The usual therapeutic response to acitretin consists of desquamation (with or without erythema) followed by more normal re-epithelialisation. Acitretin is the main active metabolite of etretinate. Read about Acitretin

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title	Information Source	Document Type
SORIATANE Capsule	FDA, National Drug Code (US)	MPI, US: SPL/Old

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code	Group title	Classification
D05BB02	Acitretin	D Dermatologicals → D05 Antipsoriatics → D05B Antipsoriatics for systemic use → D05BB Retinoids for treatment of psoriasis
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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: CA	Health Products and Food Branch	Identifier(s): 02070847, 02070863
Country: FR	Base de données publique des médicaments	Identifier(s): 60292349, 64225999
Country: US	FDA, National Drug Code	Identifier(s): 0145-0090, 0145-0091