DIFFERINE

This brand name is authorized in Spain, France, Lithuania, Malta, Tunisia

Active ingredients

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

1 Adapalene
UNII 1L4806J2QF - ADAPALENE

Adapalene is a retinoid-like compound which in, in vivo and in vitro models of inflammation, has been demonstrated to possess anti-inflammatory properties. Mechanically, adapalene binds like tretinoin to specific retinoic acid nuclear receptors but, unlike tretinoin not to cytosolic receptor binding proteins. Adapalene is used in the treatment of acne and is also used (off-label) to treat keratosis pilaris as well as other skin conditions.

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Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
D10AD03 Adapalene D Dermatologicals → D10 Anti-acne preparations → D10A Anti-acne preparations for topical use → D10AD Retinoids for topical use in acne
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Authorization and marketing

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

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 61066, 66158
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 63066469, 69718483
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1090121, 1091554, 1091555
Country: MT Medicines Authority Identifier(s): MA117/00201, MA117/00202, PI908/25201A, PI908/25202A
Country: TN Direction de la Pharmacie et du Médicament Identifier(s): 7393071, 7393072

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