CAINAN

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

The drug CAINAN contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):

1	Procaine benzylpenicillin UNII 17R794ESYN - PENICILLIN G PROCAINE
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2	Benzylpenicillin UNII YS5LY7JF4N - PENICILLIN G SODIUM
	Benzylpenicillin is a beta-lactam antibiotic. It is bacteriocidal by inhibiting bacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Penicillin resistance can be mediated by alteration of penicillin binding proteins or development of beta-lactamases.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
A4-100686	Injection	CAINAN INJECTION INJ 3000000IU+1000000UI 1 X 10	156 NF-PP-354296 CAINAN INJECTION FORTIFIED PROCAINE PENICILLIN BP 4 MEGA INJECTION EACH VIAL CONTAINS: PROCAINE PENICILLIN BP 3.0G, BENZYLPENICILLIN SODIUM BP 0.6G EXCIPIENTS: STERILIZED WATER FOR INJECTION Drugs Imported Products 1X10 Prescription Only Medicine (POM) 8/24/2023 GENEITH PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, ADEWALE CRESCENT, OFF EWENLA STREET, OSHODI ISOLO LAGOS 8122912281 ngouzoamaka@yahoo.com ANHUI CHENGSHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD, NO 5068,HUAISHANG ROAD,BENGBU,ANHUI PROVINCE CHINA., China	21/12/2023

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group		Classification
J01CE09	Procaine benzylpenicillin	J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J01 Antibacterials for systemic use → J01C Beta-lactam antibacterials, penicillins → J01CE Beta-lactamase sensitive penicillins
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	A4-100686