NEXAVAR Film-coated tablet Ref.[9015] Active ingredients: Sorafenib

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Bayer AG, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany

Product name and form

Nexavar 200 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet (tablet).

Red, round, biconvex film-coated tablets, debossed with Bayer cross on one side and “200” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each film-coated tablet contains 200 mg of sorafenib (as tosylate).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Sorafenib

Sorafenib is a multikinase inhibitor which has demonstrated both anti-proliferative and anti-angiogenic properties in vitro and in vivo. Sorafenib inhibits the activity of targets present in the tumour cell (CRAF, BRAF, V600E BRAF, c-KIT, and FLT-3) and in the tumour vasculature (CRAF, VEGFR-2, VEGFR-3, and PDGFR-β).

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Croscarmellose sodium
Microcrystalline cellulose
Hypromellose
Sodium laurilsulfate
Magnesium stearate

Tablet coating:

Hypromellose
Macrogol (3350)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Ferric oxide red (E172)

Pack sizes and marketing

112 film-coated tablets (4 × 28) in transparent (PP/Aluminium) blister packs.

Marketing authorization holder

Bayer AG, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/06/342/001

Date of first authorisation: 19 July 2006
Date of latest renewal: 21 July 2011

Drugs

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

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