Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) Revision Year: 2012 Publisher: Glaxo Group Limited Glaxo Wellcome House Berkeley Avenue Greenford Middlesex UB6 0NN United Kingdom
Benlysta 120 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion.
Benlysta 400 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion.
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Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion. White to off-white powder. |
Each vial contains 120 mg of belimumab. After reconstitution, the solution contains 80 mg belimumab per ml.
Each vial contains 400 mg of belimumab. After reconstitution, the solution contains 80 mg belimumab per ml.
Belimumab is a human, IgG1λ monoclonal antibody, produced in a mammalian cell line (NS0) by recombinant DNA technology.
For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Belimumab |
Belimumab is a human IgG1λ monoclonal antibody specific for soluble human B Lymphocyte Stimulator protein (BLyS, also referred to as BAFF and TNFSF13B). Belimumab blocks the binding of soluble BLyS, a B cell survival factor, to its receptors on B cells. Belimumab by binding BLyS inhibits the survival of B cells, including autoreactive B cells, and reduces the differentiation of B cells into immunoglobulin-producing plasma cells. |
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Citric acid monohydrate (E330) |
120 mg vial: Type 1 glass vials (5 ml), sealed with a latex-free, siliconised chlorobutyl rubber stopper and a flip-off aluminum seal.
400 mg vial: Type 1 glass vials (20 ml), sealed with a latex-free, siliconised chlorobutyl rubber stopper and a flip-off aluminum seal.
Pack size: 1 vial.
Glaxo Group Limited
Glaxo Wellcome House
Berkeley Avenue
Greenford
Middlesex UB6 0NN
United Kingdom
Benlysta 120 mg – Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion: EU/1/11/700/001
Benlysta 400 mg – Powder for concentrate for solution for infusion: EU/1/11/700/002
Date of first authorisation: 13 July 2011
| Drug | Countries | |
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| BENLYSTA | Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States |
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