ROXIGEN

This brand name is authorized in South Africa

Active ingredients

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

1 Roxithromycin
UNII 21KOF230FA - ROXITHROMYCIN

Roxithromycin is a semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic. Roxithromycin is bacteriostatic at low concentrations and bactericidal at high concentrations. It binds to the 50S subunit of the 70S ribosome, thereby disrupting bacterial protein synthesis.

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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
J01FA06 Roxithromycin J Antiinfectives for systemic use → J01 Antibacterials for systemic use → J01F Macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins → J01FA Macrolides
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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: ZA Health Products Regulatory Authority Identifier(s): 34/20.1.1/0503

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