PROLEUKIN

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Brazil, Canada, Spain, France, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States

Active ingredients

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

1 Aldesleukin
UNII M89N0Q7EQR - ALDESLEUKIN

Aldesleukin, a lymphokine, is produced by recombinant DNA technology and acts as a regulator of the immune response. The biological activities of aldesleukin and native human IL-2, a naturally occurring lymphokine, are comparable. The administration of aldesleukin in murine tumour models has been shown to reduce both tumour growth and spread. The exact mechanism by which aldesleukin-mediated immunostimulation leads to antitumour activity is not yet known.

Read about Aldesleukin

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
PROLEUKIN Powder for solution for injection or 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
L03AC01 Aldesleukin L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents → L03 Immunostimulants → L03A Immunostimulants → L03AC Interleukins
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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: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 534201301152416
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02130181
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 62287
Country: FR Base de données publique des médicaments Identifier(s): 61637983, 68745374
Country: GB Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Identifier(s): 47454, 47455
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 33073
Country: SG Health Sciences Authority Identifier(s): 10798P
Country: US FDA, National Drug Code Identifier(s): 65483-116, 76310-022

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