DOTAREM Solution for injection Ref.[8532] Active ingredients: Gadoteric acid

Source: Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority (NZ)  Revision Year: 2017  Publisher: Manufactured by: Guerbet, 16-24 rue Jean Chaptal, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, FRANCE, www.guerbet.com Distributed in NZ by: Obex Medical Limited, P O Box 26511, Epsom, AUCKLAND, Telephone: (09) 630 3456, Toll ...

Product name and form

Dotarem (bottles and pre-filled syringes) 0.5 mmol/mL solution for injection.

Pharmaceutical Form

Solution for injection in bottles and prefilled syringes.

Clear, colourless to pale yellow solution.

Osmolality: 1350 mOsm.kg -1

Viscosity at 20°C: 3.2 mPa.s

Viscosity at 37°C: 2.0 mPa.s

pH: 6.5 to 8.0

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Per 100 mL of solution:

Gadoteric acid* 27.932 g

corresponding to DOTA 20.246 g

corresponding to gadolinium oxide 9.062 g

* Gadoteric acid: complex gadolinium of 1, 4, 7, 10 tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'‘,N’'' tetraacetic acid.

Contrast agent concentration: 0.5 mmol/mL

For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Gadoteric acid

Gadoteric acid has paramagnetic properties allowing MRI contrast enhancement. It has no specific pharmacodynamic activity and is biologically very inert.

List of Excipients

Meglumine
Water for injections

Pack sizes and marketing

Bottles: Single bottles containing 5 mL, 10 mL, 15 mL, 20 mL, 60 mL and 100 mL, closed by an elastomeric stopper.

Pre-filled syringes: Single disposable syringes containing 10 mL, 15 mL and 20 mL with latex-free elastometric seals.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Manufactured by: Guerbet, 16-24 rue Jean Chaptal, 93600 Aulnay-sous-Bois, FRANCE, www.guerbet.com

Distributed in NZ by: Obex Medical Limited, P O Box 26511, Epsom, AUCKLAND, Telephone: (09) 630 3456, Toll Free: 0800 656 239, Fax: (09) 630 9009, www.obex.co.nz

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

Date of first approval: 06 November 1997

Drugs

Drug Countries
DOTAREM Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

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