KEPPRA Film-coated tablet Ref.[7292] Active ingredients: Levetiracetam

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2018  Publisher: UCB Pharma SA, Allée de la Recherche 60, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium

Product name and form

Keppra 500 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet.

Yellow, 16 mm oblong, scored and debossed with the code “ucb” and “500” on one side.

The score line is only to facilitate breaking for ease of swallowing and not to divide into equal doses.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each film-coated tablet contains 500 mg levetiracetam.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Levetiracetam

Levetiracetam, is a pyrrolidone derivative, chemically unrelated to existing antiepileptic active substances. Levetiracetam induces seizure protection in a broad range of animal models of partial and primary generalised seizures without having a pro-convulsant effect. The primary metabolite is inactive.

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Croscarmellose sodium
Macrogol 6000
Silica colloidal anhydrous
Magnesium stearate

Film-coating:

Polyvinyl alcohol-part. hydrolyzed
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Macrogol 3350
Talc
Iron oxide yellow (E172)

Pack sizes and marketing

Aluminium/PVC blisters placed into cardboard boxes containing 10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 100, 120 film- coated tablets and multipacks containing 200 (2 packs of 100) film-coated tablets.

Aluminium/PVC perforated unit dose blisters placed into cardboard boxes containing 100 × 1 film- coated tablet.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

UCB Pharma SA, Allée de la Recherche 60, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/00/146/006
EU/1/00/146/007
EU/1/00/146/008
EU/1/00/146/009
EU/1/00/146/010
EU/1/00/146/011
EU/1/00/146/012
EU/1/00/146/013
EU/1/00/146/035

Date of first authorisation: 29 September 2000
Date of latest renewal: 20 August 2015

Drugs

Drug Countries
KEPPRA Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

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