TISINON

This brand name is authorized in Turkey

Active ingredients

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

1 Nitisinone
UNII K5BN214699 - NITISINONE

Nitisinone is a competitive inhibitor of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase, an enzyme which precedes fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase in the tyrosine catabolic pathway. By inhibiting the normal catabolism of tyrosine in patients with hereditary tyrosinemia type 1 (HT-1), nitisinone prevents the accumulation of the toxic intermediates maleylacetoacetate and fumarylacetoacetate.

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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
A16AX04 Nitisinone A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A16 Other alimentary tract and metabolism products → A16A Other alimentary tract and metabolism products → A16AX Various alimentary tract and metabolism products
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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: TR ฤฐlaรง ve Tฤฑbbi Cihaz Kurumu Identifier(s): 8699540020375, 8699540021112, 8699540150096, 8699540150126

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