CRESEMBA Hard capsule Ref.[9619] Active ingredients: Isavuconazole

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2024  Publisher: Basilea Pharmaceutica Deutschland GmbH, Marie-Curie-Strasse 8, 79539, Lörrach, Germany

Product name and form

CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsules.

CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsules.

Pharmaceutical Form

CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsule: Swedish Orange (reddish-brown) capsules marked with “CR40” on the capsule cap in black ink. Capsules length: 15.9 mm.

CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsule: Swedish Orange (reddish-brown) capsule body marked with “100” in black ink and a white cap marked with “C” in black ink. Capsules length: 24.2 mm.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsule contains 40 mg isavuconazole (as 74.5 mg isavuconazonium sulfate).

Each CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsule contains 100 mg isavuconazole (as 186.3 mg isavuconazonium sulfate).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Isavuconazole

Isavuconazole is an active form of isavuconazonium. Isavuconazole inhibits lanosterol 14-alpha demethylase (or CYP51A1) and leads to the accumulation of ergosterol toxic precursors in the fungal cytoplasm. Isavuconazole is indicated for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis and invasive mucormycosis.

List of Excipients

CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsules

Capsule contents:

Magnesium citrate (anhydrous)
Microcrystalline cellulose (E460)
Talc (E553b)
Silica, colloidal anhydrous
Stearic acid

Capsule shell:

Hypromellose
Red iron oxide (E172)
Titanium dioxide (E171)

Printing ink:

Shellac (E904)
Propylene glycol (E1520)
Potassium hydroxide
Black iron oxide (E172)

CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsules

Capsule contents:

Magnesium citrate (anhydrous)
Microcrystalline cellulose (E460)
Talc (E553b)
Silica, colloidal anhydrous
Stearic acid

Capsule shell:

Hypromellose
Red iron oxide (E172) (capsule body only)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Gellan gum
Potassium acetate
Disodium edetate
Sodium laurilsulfate

Printing ink:

Shellac (E904)
Propylene glycol (E1520)
Potassium hydroxide
Black iron oxide (E172)

Pack sizes and marketing

CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsules: 35 hard capsules (in seven aluminum blisters), with each capsule pocket connected to a pocket with desiccant.

CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsules: 14 hard capsules (in two aluminum blisters), with each capsule pocket connected to a pocket with desiccant.

Marketing authorization holder

Basilea Pharmaceutica Deutschland GmbH, Marie-Curie-Strasse 8, 79539, Lörrach, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

CRESEMBA 40 mg hard capsules: EU/1/15/1036/003
CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsules: EU/1/15/1036/002

CRESEMBA 100 mg hard capsules:

Date of first authorisation: 15 October 2015
Date of latest renewal: 13 August 2020

Drugs

Drug Countries
CRESEMBA Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

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