SYNAGIS Solution for injection Ref.[8976] Active ingredients: Palivizumab

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Knollstrasse, 67061, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Product name and form

Synagis 50 mg/0.5 ml solution for injection.

Synagis 100 mg/1 ml solution for injection.

Pharmaceutical Form

Solution for injection.

The solution is clear or slightly opalescent.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

1 ml of Synagis solution contains 100 mg of palivizumab*.

Each 0.5 ml vial contains 50 mg of palivizumab.

Each 1 ml vial contains 100 mg of palivizumab.

* Palivizumab is a recombinant humanised monoclonal antibody produced by DNA technology in mouse myeloma host cells.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Palivizumab

Palivizumab is a humanised IgG1Îș monoclonal antibody directed to an epitope in the A antigenic site of the fusion protein of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). This humanised monoclonal antibody is composed of human (95%) and murine (5%) antibody sequences. It has potent neutralising and fusion-inhibitory activity against both RSV subtype A and B strains.

List of Excipients

Histidine
Glycine
Water for injections

Pack sizes and marketing

Single-use vials: 3 ml capacity, clear, colourless type I glass vial with a chlorobutyl stopper and flipoff seal containing either 0.5 ml or 1 ml of solution for injection.

Pack size of 1.

Marketing authorization holder

AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Knollstrasse, 67061, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/99/117/003

EU/1/99/117/004

Date of first authorisation: 13 August 1999

Date of latest renewal: 27 July 2009

Drugs

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

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