BENEFIX Powder and solvent for solution for injection Ref.[9440] Active ingredients: Nonacog alfa

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Pfizer Europe MA EEIG, Boulevard de la Plaine 17, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

Product name and form

BeneFIX 250 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
BeneFIX 500 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
BeneFIX 1000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
BeneFIX 1500 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
BeneFIX 2000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.
BeneFIX 3000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection.

Pharmaceutical Form

BeneFIX 250 IU, 500 IU, 1000 IU, 1500 IU, 2000 IU, 3000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Powder and solvent for solution for injection.

White/almost white powder and clear and colourless solvent.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

BeneFIX 250 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 250 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 50 IU nonacog alfa.

BeneFIX 500 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 500 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 100 IU nonacog alfa.

BeneFIX 1000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 1000 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 200 IU nonacog alfa.

BeneFIX 1500 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 1500 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 300 IU nonacog alfa.

BeneFIX 2000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 2000 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 400 IU nonacog alfa.

BeneFIX 3000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection: Each vial contains nominally 3000 IU nonacog alfa (recombinant coagulation factor IX). After reconstitution with the accompanying 5 mL (0.234%) sodium chloride solution for injection, each mL of the solution contains approximately 600 IU nonacog alfa.

The potency (IU) is determined using the European Pharmacopoeia one-stage clotting assay. The specific activity of BeneFIX is not less than 200 IU/mg protein.

BeneFIX contains recombinant coagulation factor IX, (INN = nonacog alfa). Nonacog alfa is a purified protein that has 415 amino acids in a single chain. It has a primary amino acid sequence that is comparable to the Ala148 allelic form of plasma-derived factor IX, and some post-translational modifications of the recombinant molecule are different from those of the plasma-derived molecule. Recombinant coagulation factor IX is a glycoprotein that is secreted by genetically engineered mammalian cells derived from a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Nonacog alfa

Nonacog alfa is a recombinant coagulation factor IX. Recombinant coagulation factor IX is a recombinant DNA-based protein therapeutic which has structural and functional characteristics comparable to endogenous factor IX. Haemophilia B is a sex-linked hereditary disorder of blood coagulation due to decreased levels of factor IX. By replacement therapy the plasma levels of factor IX is increased, thereby enabling a temporary correction of the factor deficiency and correction of the bleeding tendencies.

List of Excipients

Powder:

Sucrose
Glycine
L-Histidine
Polysorbate 80

Solvent:

Sodium chloride solution

Pack sizes and marketing

BeneFIX 250 IU, 500 IU, 1000 IU, 1500 IU, 2000 IU, 3000 IU powder and solvent for solution for injection:

BeneFIX 250 IU, 500 IU, 1000 IU, 1500 IU, 2000 IU, 3000 IU of powder in a 10 mL vial (type 1 glass) with a stopper (chlorobutyl) and a flip-off seal (aluminium) and 5 mL of clear, colourless solvent in a prefilled syringe (type 1 glass) with a plunger stopper (bromobutyl), a tip-cap (bromobutyl) and a sterile vial adapter reconstitution device, a sterile infusion set, two alcohol swabs, a plaster, and a gauze pad.

Marketing authorization holder

Pfizer Europe MA EEIG, Boulevard de la Plaine 17, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/97/047/004
EU/1/97/047/005
EU/1/97/047/006
EU/1/97/047/009
EU/1/97/047/007
EU/1/97/047/008

Date of first authorisation: 27 August 1997
Date of latest renewal: 20 July 2012

Drugs

Drug Countries
BENEFIX Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, South Africa

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