GIOTRIF Film-coated tablets Ref.[6091] Active ingredients: Afatinib

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2020  Publisher: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Binger Strasse 173, D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Product name and form

GIOTRIF 20 mg film-coated tablets.
GIOTRIF 30 mg film-coated tablets.
GIOTRIF 40 mg film-coated tablets.
GIOTRIF 50 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet (tablet).

GIOTRIF 20 mg film-coated tablets: White to yellowish, round, biconvex and bevel-edged film-coated tablet debossed with the code “T20” on one side and the Boehringer Ingelheim company logo on the other.

GIOTRIF 30 mg film-coated tablets: Dark blue, round, biconvex and bevel-edged film-coated tablet debossed with the code “T30” on one side and the Boehringer Ingelheim company logo on the other.

GIOTRIF 40 mg film-coated tablets: Light blue, round, biconvex and bevel-edged film-coated tablet debossed with the code “T40” on one side and the Boehringer Ingelheim company logo on the other.

GIOTRIF 50 mg film-coated tablets: Dark blue, oval, biconvex film-coated tablet debossed with the code “T50” on one side and the Boehringer Ingelheim company logo on the other.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

GIOTRIF 20 mg film-coated tablets: One film-coated tablet contains 20 mg afatinib (as dimaleate).

Excipient with known effect: One film-coated tablet contains 118 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

  • GIOTRIF 30 mg film-coated tablets:* One film-coated tablet contains 30 mg afatinib (as dimaleate).

Excipient with known effect: One film-coated tablet contains 176 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

  • GIOTRIF 40 mg film-coated tablets:* One film-coated tablet contains 40 mg afatinib (as dimaleate).

Excipient with known effect: One film-coated tablet contains 235 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

  • GIOTRIF 50 mg film-coated tablets:* One film-coated tablet contains 50 mg afatinib (as dimaleate).

Excipient with known effect: One film-coated tablet contains 294 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Afatinib

Afatinib is a potent and selective, irreversible ErbB Family Blocker. Afatinib covalently binds to and irreversibly blocks signalling from all homo- and heterodimers formed by the ErbB family members EGFR (ErbB1), HER2 (ErbB2), ErbB3 and ErbB4.

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Lactose monohydrate
Cellulose, microcrystalline (E460)
Silica, colloidal anhydrous (E551)
Crospovidone (type A)
Magnesium stearate (E470b)

Film-coating:

GIOTRIF 20 mg film-coated tablets:

Hypromellose (E464)
Macrogol 400
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Talc (E553b)
Polysorbate 80 (E433)

GIOTRIF 30, 40 and 50 mg film-coated tablets:

Hypromellose (E464)
Macrogol 400
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Talc (E553b)
Polysorbate 80 (E433)
Indigo carmine aluminium lake (E132)

Pack sizes and marketing

PVC/PVDC perforated unit dose blister. Each blister is packed together with a desiccant sachet in a laminated aluminium pouch and contains 7 × 1 film-coated tablets. Pack sizes of 7 × 1, 14 × 1 or 28 × 1 film-coated tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Binger Strasse 173, D-55216 Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

GIOTRIF 20 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/879/001
EU/1/13/879/002
EU/1/13/879/003

GIOTRIF 30 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/879/004
EU/1/13/879/005
EU/1/13/879/006

GIOTRIF 40 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/879/007
EU/1/13/879/008
EU/1/13/879/009

GIOTRIF 50 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/879/010
EU/1/13/879/011
EU/1/13/879/012

Date of first authorisation: 25 September 2013

Date of latest renewal: 16 May 2018

Drugs

Drug Countries
GIOTRIF Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, United Kingdom

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