ATC Group: B02BB Fibrinogen

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of B02BB in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 B Blood and blood forming organs
2 B02 Antihemorrhagics
3 B02B Vitamin K and other hemostatics
4 B02BB Fibrinogen

Group B02BB contents

Code Title
B02BB01 Human fibrinogen

Active ingredients in B02BB

Active Ingredient Description
Human fibrinogen

Human fibrinogen (coagulation factor I), in the presence of thrombin, activated coagulation factor XIII (F XIIIa) and calcium ions is converted into a stable and elastic three-dimensional fibrin haemostatic clot. The administration of human fibrinogen concentrate provides an increase in plasma fibrinogen level and can temporarily correct the coagulation defect of patients with fibrinogen deficiency.

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