CRIXIVAN Hard capsule Ref.[8780] Active ingredients: Indinavir

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2018  Publisher: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Waarderweg 39, 2031 BN Haarlem, The Netherlands

Product name and form

CRIXIVAN 400 mg hard capsules.

Pharmaceutical Form

Hard capsule.

The capsules are semi-translucent white and coded ‘CRIXIVAN 400 mg’ in green.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each hard capsule contains indinavir sulphate corresponding to 400 mg of indinavir.

Excipient with known effect: Each 400 mg capsule contains 149.6 mg of lactose.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Indinavir

Indinavir inhibits recombinant HIV-1 and HIV-2 protease with an approximate tenfold selectivity for HIV-1 over HIV-2 proteinase. Indinavir binds reversibly to the protease active site and inhibits competitively the enzyme, thereby preventing cleavage of the viral precursor polyproteins that occurs during maturation of the newly formed viral particle.

List of Excipients

Capsule content:

Anhydrous lactose
Magnesium stearate

Capsule shell:

Gelatin
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Printing ink: titanium dioxide (E171), indigo carmine (E132) and iron oxide (E172)

Pack sizes and marketing

HDPE bottles with a polypropylene cap and a foil induction cap containing 90 or 180 capsules.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Waarderweg 39, 2031 BN Haarlem, The Netherlands

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/96/024/004
EU/1/96/024/005

Date of first authorisation: 04 October 1996
Date of latest renewal: 18 July 2011

Drugs

Drug Countries
CRIXIVAN Austria, Cyprus, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Singapore, United States, South Africa

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