Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2023 Publisher: Aventis Pharma Limited, 410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, UK Trading as: Sanofi, 410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, UK
Rifadin 150 mg Capsules.
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Capsule, hard. The gelatin capsule is opaque, composed of a scarlet body and a light blue cap, marked R-150. |
Rifampicin Ph Eur 150 mg.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Rifampicin |
Rifampicin is an active bactericidial antituberculosis drug which is particularly active against the rapidly growing extracellular organisms and also has bactericidial activity intracellularly. Rifampicin inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity in susceptible cells. Specifically, it interacts with bacterial RNA polymerase but does not inhibit the mammalian enzyme. |
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Corn starch Capsule Shell: Gelatin |
Amber glass bottles of 100 capsules.
Blister packs of 100 capsules in cardboard cartons. Blister material is aluminium foil/PVDC (Aluminium 0.025 mm; PVDC 20 gsm) and transparent PVC/PVDC foil (PVC 0.25 mm; PVDC 60 gsm).
Aventis Pharma Limited, 410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, UK
Trading as: Sanofi, 410 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1PT, UK
PL 04425/5915R
Date of First Authorisation: 15 June 1982
Date of latest renewal: 09 April 2005
| Drug | Countries | |
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| RIFADIN | Australia, Estonia, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa |
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