MELPHALAN

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Active ingredients

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

1 Melphalan
UNII 1VXP4V453T - MELPHALAN HYDROCHLORIDE

Melphalan is a bifunctional alkylating agent. Formation of carbonium intermediates from each of the two bis-2-chloroethyl groups enables alkylation through covalent binding with the 7-nitrogen of guanine on DNA, cross-linking the two DNA strands and thereby preventing cell replication.

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Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
MELPHALAN Film-coated tablets Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) MPI, EU: SmPC
MELPHALAN Powder and solvent for solution for injection/infusion Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) 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
L01AA03 Melphalan L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L01 Antineoplastic agents → L01A Alkylating agents → L01AA Nitrogen mustard analogues
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