CERDELGA Hard capsule Ref.[8493] Active ingredients: Eliglustat

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2020  Publisher: Genzyme Europe B.V., Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Product name and form

Cerdelga 84 mg hard capsules.

Pharmaceutical Form

Hard capsule.

Capsule with pearl blue-green opaque cap and pearl white opaque body with “GZ02” printed in black on the body of the capsule. The size of the capsule is ‘size 2’ (dimensions 18.0 × 6.4 mm).

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each capsule contains 84.4 mg of eliglustat (as tartrate).

Excipient(s) with known effect: Each capsule contains 106 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Eliglustat

Eliglustat is a potent and specific inhibitor of glucosylceramide synthase, and acts as a substrate reduction therapy (SRT) for GD1.

List of Excipients

Capsule contents:

Microcrystalline cellulose
Lactose monohydrate
Hypromellose
Glycerol dibehenate

Capsule shell:

Gelatin
Potassium aluminium silicate (E555)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Yellow iron oxide (E172)
Indigotine (E132)

Printing ink:

Shellac
Black iron oxide (E172)
Propylene glycol
Ammonia solution, concentrated

Pack sizes and marketing

PETG/COC.PETG/PCTFE-aluminium blister.

Each blister wallets contains 14 hard capsules.

Each pack contains 14, 56 or 196 hard capsules.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Genzyme Europe B.V., Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/14/974/001 56 capsules
EU/1/14/974/002 196 capsules
EU/1/14/974/003 14 capsules

Date of first authorisation: 19 January 2015

Drugs

Drug Countries
CERDELGA Austria, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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