FAMPYRA Prolonged-release tablets Ref.[8707] Active ingredients: Fampridine

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Biogen Netherlands B.V., Prins Mauritslaan 13, 1171 LP, Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands

Product name and form

Fampyra 10 mg prolonged-release tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Prolonged-release tablet.

An off-white, film coated, oval biconvex 13 × 8 mm tablet with flat edge debossed with A10 on one side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each prolonged-release tablet contains 10 mg of fampridine.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Fampridine

Fampridine is a potassium channel blocker. By blocking potassium channels, fampridine reduces the leakage of ionic current through these channels, thereby prolonging repolarization and thus enhancing action potential formation in demyelinated axons and neurological function.

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Hypromellose
Microcrystalline cellulose
Silica, colloidal anhydrous
Magnesium stearate

Film-coat:

Hypromellose
Titanium dioxide (E-171)
Polyethylene glycol 400

Pack sizes and marketing

Fampyra is supplied in either bottles or blister packs.

Bottles:

HDPE (high-density polyethylene) bottle with polypropylene caps, each bottle contains 14 tablets and a silica gel desiccant.

Pack size of 28 (2 bottles of 14) tablets.

Pack size of 56 (4 bottles of 14) tablets.

Blister packs:

Foil blisters (aluminium/aluminium), each blister tray contains 14 tablets.

Pack size of 28 (2 blisters of 14) tablets.

Pack size of 56 (4 blisters of 14) tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Biogen Netherlands B.V., Prins Mauritslaan 13, 1171 LP, Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/11/699/001
EU/1/11/699/002
EU/1/11/699/003
EU/1/11/699/004

Date of first authorisation: 20 July 2011
Date of latest renewal: 18 May 2017

Drugs

Drug Countries
FAMPYRA Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Turkey

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