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.
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Blood and blood forming organs | |
| 2 | B03 | Antianemic preparations | |
| 3 | B03A | Iron preparations | |
| 4 | B03AB | Iron trivalent, oral preparations | |
| 5 | B03AB02 | Saccharated iron oxide |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Iron sucrose |
Iron sucrose is composed of a polynuclear iron(III)-hydroxide core surrounded by a large number of non-covalently bound sucrose molecules. The polynuclear iron core has a structure similar to that of the core of the physiological iron storage protein ferritin. The complex is designed to provide, in a controlled manner, utilisable iron for the iron transport and storage proteins in the body (i.e., transferrin and ferritin, respectively). |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
