HEXVIX Powder and solvent for intravesical solution Ref.[9504] Active ingredients: Hexaminolevulinate

Source: Health Products Regulatory Authority (IE)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Photocure ASA, Hoffsveien 4, NO-0275 Oslo, N/A, Norway

Product name and form

Hexvix 85 mg, powder and solvent for intravesical solution.

Pharmaceutical Form

Powder and solvent for intravesical solution.

Powder: white to off-white or pale yellow.

Solvent: clear, colourless solution.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each vial of powder contains 85 mg hexaminolevulinate (as hexaminolevulinate hydrochloride).

After reconstitution in 50 ml of solvent, 1 ml of the solution contains 1.7 mg hexaminolevulinate, which corresponds to a 8 mmol/l solution of hexaminolevulinate.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Hexaminolevulinate

Hexaminolevulinate blue light fluorescence cystoscopy is indicated as adjunct to standard white light cystoscopy to contribute to the diagnosis and management of bladder cancer in patients with known or high suspicion of bladder cancer.

List of Excipients

Powder:

None.

Solvent:

Disodium phosphate dihydrate
Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
Sodium chloride
Hydrochloric acid
Sodium hydroxide
Water for injections

Pack sizes and marketing

Pack of one 10 ml Type I colourless glass vial with butyl rubber stopper containing powder, and , one 50 ml cyclic olefin copolymer syringe with plunger stopper (bromobutyl rubber) and plunger rod, containing solvent.

Pack sizes: Pack containing 1 vial with powder and 1 prefilled syringe with solvent, with or without a Mini-Spike transfer device.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Photocure ASA, Hoffsveien 4, NO-0275 Oslo, N/A, Norway

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

PA1024/003/001

Date of first authorisation: 23rd February 2007
Date of last renewal: 17th September 2009

Drugs

Drug Countries
HEXVIX Austria, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom

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