LEDAGA

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

Active ingredients

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

1 Chlormethine
UNII L0MR697HHI - MECHLORETHAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Chlormethine is a bifunctional alkylating agent that inhibits rapidly proliferating cells. It works by binding to DNA, crosslinking two strands and preventing cell duplication. It binds to the N7 nitrogen on the DNA base guanine. It has been derivatized into the estrogen analogue estramustine phosphate, used to treat prostate cancer.

Read about Chlormethine

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
LEDAGA Gel European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

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

ATC code Group title Classification
L01AA05 Chlormethine L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L01 Antineoplastic agents → L01A Alkylating agents → L01AA Nitrogen mustard analogues
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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: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1739752
Country: FI Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Identifier(s): 466667
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 64465866
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 372875
Country: IL מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת Identifier(s): 7823
Country: LT Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba Identifier(s): 1082467
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 148490
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100387912

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