EBIXA Film-coated tablet Ref.[28267] Active ingredients: Memantine

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, 2500 Valby, Denmark

Product name and form

Ebixa 10 mg film-coated tablets.

Ebixa 20 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet.

Ebixa 10 mg film-coated tablets: Pale yellow to yellow, oval shaped film-coated tablets with breaking line and imprint “1 0” on one side and “M M” on the other side. The tablet can be divided into equal doses.

Ebixa 20 mg film-coated tablets: Pale red to grey-red, oval-oblong film-coated tablets with imprint “20” on one side and “MEM” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each film-coated tablet contains 10 mg of memantine hydrochloride equivalent to 8.31 mg memantine.

Each film-coated tablet contains 20 mg of memantine hydrochloride equivalent to 16.62 mg memantine.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Memantine

Memantine is a voltage-dependent, moderate-affinity uncompetitive NMDA-receptor antagonist. It modulates the effects of pathologically elevated tonic levels of glutamate that may lead to neuronal dysfunction.

List of Excipients

Tablet cores for 10/20 mg film-coated tablets:

Microcrystalline cellulose
Croscarmellose sodium
Colloidal anhydrous silica
Magnesium stearate

Tablet coat for 10/20 mg film-coated tablets:

Hypromellose
Macrogol 400
Titanium dioxide

Additional for 10 mg film-coated tablets:

Iron oxide yellow

Additional for 20 mg film-coated tablets:

Iron oxide yellow and red

Pack sizes and marketing

Blister: PVDC/PE/PVC/Al-blister or PP/Al-blister.

Ebixa 10 mg film-coated tablets:

Pack sizes of 14, 28, 30, 42, 50, 56, 70, 84, 98, 100,112 film-coated tablets.

Multipack containing 980 (10 packs of 98) and 1000 (20 packs of 50) film-coated tablets.

Perforated unit dose blister: PVDC/PE/PVC/Al-blister or PP/Al-blister.

Pack sizes 49 × 1, 56 × 1, 98 × 1 and 100 × 1 film-coated tablets.

Ebixa 20 mg film-coated tablets:

Pack sizes of 14, 28, 42, 56, 70, 84, 98, 112 film-coated tablets.

Multipack containing 840 (20 × 42) film-coated tablets.

Perforated unit dose blister: PVDC/PE/PVC/Al-blister or PP/Al-blister.

Pack sizes 49 × 1, 56 × 1, 98 × 1 and 100 × 1 film-coated tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, 2500 Valby, Denmark

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/02/219/001-003
EU/1/02/219/007-012
EU/1/02/219/014-021
EU/1/02/219/023-035
EU/1/02/219/037-049

Date of first authorisation: 15 May 2002
Date of latest renewal: 15 May 2007

Drugs

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

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