ATC Group: L02BA02 Toremifene

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 L02BA02 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
2 L02 Endocrine therapy
3 L02B Hormone antagonists and related agents
4 L02BA Anti-estrogens
5 L02BA02 Toremifene

Defined daily dose

The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.

Route Amount
ORAL - Oral 60 mg

Active ingredients in L02BA02

Active Ingredient Description
Toremifene

Toremifene is a nonsteroidal triphenylethylene derivative that binds to estrogen receptors and may produce estrogenic, anti-estrogenic or both effects, depending upon the duration of treatment, animal species, gender, target organ and variable selected. Toremifene is indicated in first line hormone treatment of hormone-dependent metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal patients.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
FARESTON Tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

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