ATC Group: M04AX02 Pegloticase

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 M04AX02 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 M Musculo-skeletal system
2 M04 Antigout preparations
3 M04A Antigout preparations
4 M04AX Other antigout preparations
5 M04AX02

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
PAREN - Parenteral 0.57 mg

Active ingredients in M04AX02

Active Ingredient Description
Pegloticase

Pegloticase is a uric acid specific enzyme which is a recombinant uricase and achieves its therapeutic effect by catalyzing the oxidation of uric acid to allantoin, thereby lowering serum uric acid. Allantoin is an inert and water soluble purine metabolite; it is readily eliminated, primarily by renal excretion.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
KRYSTEXXA Solution for infusion FDA, National Drug Code (US) MPI, US: SPL/PLR

Medicines in this ATC group

United States (US)

Estonia (EE)

Lithuania (LT)

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