ATC Group: L03AX21 Elapegademase

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 L03AX21 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents
2 L03 Immunostimulants
3 L03A Immunostimulants
4 L03AX Other immunostimulants
5 L03AX21

Active ingredients in L03AX21

Active Ingredient Description
Elapegademase

Elapegademase is a recombinant adenosine deaminase (rADA). It provides an exogenous source of ADA enzyme that is associated with a decrease in toxic adenosine and deoxyadenosine nucleotides levels as well as an increase in lymphocyte number. Severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) associated with a deficiency of ADA enzyme is a rare, inherited, and often fatal disease.