TWINRIX

This brand name is authorized in United States. It is also authorized in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK.

Active ingredients

The drug TWINRIX contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1
UNII 5BFC8LZ6LQ - HEPATITIS A VIRUS STRAIN HM175 ANTIGEN (FORMALDEHYDE INACTIVATED)
 

Inactivated virus of a strain which was originally derived by further serial passage of a proven attenuated strain. The virus is grown, harvested, highly purified, formalin inactivated, and then adsorbed onto amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulphate.

 
Read more about Hepatitis A, inactivated vaccine
2
UNII 9GCJ1L5D1P - HEPATITIS B VIRUS SUBTYPE ADW2 HBSAG SURFACE PROTEIN ANTIGEN
 

Hepatitis B vaccine induces specific humoral antibodies against hepatitis B virus surface antigen (anti-HBsAg). Hepatitis B vaccine has been recognized as the first anti-cancer vaccine because it can prevent primary liver cancer.

 
Read more about Hepatitis B, purified antigen

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group Classification
J07BC20 Combinations J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J07 Vaccines → J07B Viral vaccines → J07BC Hepatitis vaccines
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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)
BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos 510608202151316
CA Health Products and Food Branch 02230578, 02237548
EC Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria 22.633-1-12-05
EE Ravimiamet 1039328, 1039339, 1215302, 1215313, 1215436, 1215447, 1215458, 1215469, 1215481, 1215492, 1215504, 1215515
ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS 96020007, 97029006
FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus 143511, 144022, 170092, 170142
FR Base de données publique des médicaments 65991659
GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 29948, 29962, 29978
HK Department of Health Drug Office 43814
IT Agenzia del Farmaco 033014010, 033014022, 033014034, 033014046, 033014059, 033014061, 033014073, 033014085, 033014097, 033014109, 033014111, 033014123, 033014135, 033014147, 033014150, 033014162, 033014174, 033014186, 033014198
LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba 1008868, 1031465, 1031466, 1031470, 1031471, 1031472, 1031473, 1031474, 1031478, 1031479, 1031480, 1031481, 1031482
NL Z-Index G-Standaard 14940035
NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK 48933
NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority 7859, 7860
PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych 100000296, 100127335
RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale W52725001, W52725002, W52725003, W52725004, W52725005, W52725006
SG Health Sciences Authority 10932P
US FDA, National Drug Code 50090-1645, 58160-815
ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority 32/30.1/0244

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