ADEMPAS Film-coated tablet Ref.[8516] Active ingredients: Riociguat

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Bayer AG, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany

Product name and form

Adempas 0.5 mg film-coated tablets.
Adempas 1 mg film-coated tablets.
Adempas 1.5 mg film-coated tablets.
Adempas 2 mg film-coated tablets.
Adempas 2.5 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet (tablet).

0.5 mg tablet: white, round, biconvex tablets of 6 mm, marked with the Bayer cross on one side and 0.5 and an “R” on the other side.

1 mg tablet: pale yellow, round, biconvex tablets of 6 mm, marked with the Bayer cross on one side and 1 and an “R” on the other side.

1.5 mg tablet: yellow-orange, round, biconvex tablets of 6 mm, marked with the Bayer cross on one side and 1.5 and an “R” on the other side.

2 mg tablet: pale orange, round, biconvex tablets of 6 mm, marked with the Bayer cross on one side and 2 and an “R” on the other side.

2.5 mg tablet: red-orange, round, biconvex tablets of 6 mm, marked with the Bayer cross on one side and 2.5 and an “R” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Adempas 0.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 0.5 mg of riociguat.

Adempas 1 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 1 mg of riociguat.

Adempas 1.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 1.5 mg of riociguat.

Adempas 2 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 2 mg of riociguat.

Adempas 2.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 2.5 mg of riociguat.

Excipient with known effect:

Adempas 0.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each 0.5 mg film-coated tablet contains 37.8 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

Adempas 1 mg film-coated tablets: Each 1 mg film-coated tablet contains 37.2 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

Adempas 1.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each 1.5 mg film-coated tablet contains 36.8 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

Adempas 2 mg film-coated tablets: Each 2 mg film-coated tablet contains 36.3 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

Adempas 2.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each 2.5 mg film-coated tablet contains 35.8 mg lactose (as monohydrate).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Riociguat

Riociguat is a stimulator of soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), an enzyme in the cardiopulmonary system and the receptor for nitric oxide (NO). Riociguat restores the NO-sGC-cGMP pathway and leads to increased generation of cGMP.

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Cellulose microcrystalline
Crospovidone (type B)
Hypromellose 5 cP
Magnesium stearate
Lactose monohydrate
Sodium laurilsulfate

Film-coat:

Hydroxypropylcellulose
Hypromellose 3 cP
Propylene glycol (E1520)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Iron oxide yellow (E172) (in 1 mg, 1.5 mg, 2 mg and 2.5 mg tablets only)
Iron oxide red (E172) (in 2 mg and 2.5 mg tablets only)

Pack sizes and marketing

PP/Aluminium foil blister.

Pack sizes: 42, 84, 90 or 294 film-coated tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Bayer AG, 51368, Leverkusen, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

Adempas 0.5 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/907/001
EU/1/13/907/002
EU/1/13/907/003
EU/1/13/907/016

Adempas 1 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/907/004
EU/1/13/907/005
EU/1/13/907/006
EU/1/13/907/017

Adempas 1.5 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/907/007
EU/1/13/907/008
EU/1/13/907/009
EU/1/13/907/018

Adempas 2 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/907/010
EU/1/13/907/011
EU/1/13/907/012
EU/1/13/907/019

Adempas 2.5 mg film-coated tablets:

EU/1/13/907/013
EU/1/13/907/014
EU/1/13/907/015
EU/1/13/907/020

Date of first authorisation: 27 March 2014
Date of latest renewal: 18 January 2019

Drugs

Drug Countries
ADEMPAS Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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