DIFLICIR Film-coated tablet Ref.[8868] Active ingredients: Fidaxomicin

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Tillotts Pharma GmbH, Warmbacher Strasse 80, 79618 Rheinfelden, Germany

Product name and form

DIFICLIR 200 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet.

Capsule shaped tablets of 14 mm, white to off-white in colour, debossed with “FDX” on one side and “200” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each film-coated tablet contains 200 mg of fidaxomicin.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Fidaxomicin

Fidaxomicin is an antibiotic belonging to the macrocyclic class of antibacterials. Fidaxomicin is bactericidal and inhibits RNA synthesis by bacterial RNA polymerase. It interferes with RNA polymerase at a distinct site from that of rifamycins. Fidaxomicin is indicated for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) also known as C. difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) in adult and paediatric patients.

List of Excipients

Core tablets:

Microcrystalline cellulose
Pregelatinised starch (maize)
Hydroxypropyl cellulose
Butylated hydroxytoluene
Sodium starch glycolate
Magnesium stearate

Coating:

Polyvinyl alcohol
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Talc
Polyethylene glycol
Lecithin (soy)

Pack sizes and marketing

100 × 1 film-coated tablet in alu/alu perforated unit dose blisters.

20 × 1 film-coated tablet in alu/alu perforated unit dose blisters.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Tillotts Pharma GmbH, Warmbacher Strasse 80, 79618 Rheinfelden, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/11/733/003-004

Date of first authorisation: 5 December 2011
Date of latest renewal: 22 August 2016

Drugs

Drug Countries
DIFICLIR Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom

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