ALECENSA

This brand name is authorized in United States. It is also authorized in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Hong Kong SAR China, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, UK.

Active ingredients

The drug ALECENSA contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

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UNII P9YY73LO6J - ALECTINIB HYDROCHLORIDE
 

Alectinib is a highly selective and potent ALK and rearranged during transfection (RET) tyrosine kinase inhibitor. In pre-clinical studies, inhibition of ALK tyrosine kinase activity led to blockage of downstream signalling pathways including signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT 3) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) and induction of tumour cell death (apoptosis).

 
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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Document Type Information Source  
 ALECENSA Hard capsule MPI, EU: SmPC European Medicines Agency (EU)

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group Classification
L01ED03 L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L01 Antineoplastic agents → L01E Protein kinase inhibitors → L01ED Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors
Discover more medicines within L01ED03

Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
AU Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 11226W
BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos 529219040027601
EC Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria 4434-MEE-1018
EE Ravimiamet 1739437, 1758708
ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS 1161169001
FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus 474675
FR Base de données publique des médicaments 60639892
GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 341980, 383718
HK Department of Health Drug Office 64854
IE Health Products Regulatory Authority 88867
IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת 7799
JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 4291032M3021
LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba 1082317, 1088944
NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK 141844
NZ Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority 19002
PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych 100383860
RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale W64294001
SG Health Sciences Authority 15220P
TN Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament 6993241H
TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu 8699505153407
US FDA, National Drug Code 50242-130
ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority 53/32.16/0183

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