HELICOBACTER Powder for oral solution Ref.[8561] Active ingredients: Urea ¹³C

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2023  Publisher: INFAI GmbH, Riehler Str. 36, D-50668 Köln, Germany

Product name and form

Helicobacter Test INFAI 75 mg powder for oral solution.

Pharmaceutical Form

White, crystalline powder for oral solution.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

One jar contains 75 mg of 13C-urea powder.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Urea ¹³C

13C-urea is administered in the course of the breath test. After oral ingestion the labelled urea reaches the gastric mucosa. In the presence of Helicobacter pylori the 13C-urea is metabolised by the enzyme urease of Helicobacter pylori.

List of Excipients

None.

Pack sizes and marketing

A test set contains the following parts:

No. ComponentQuantity
1Jar (10 ml volume, polystyrene with polyethylene snap cap)
containing 75 mg 13C-urea powder for oral solution
1
2Labelled sample glass- or plastic-containers for sampling, storing
and transporting the breath samples for analysis:
Sampling time: 00-minute-value
Sampling time: 30-minute-value


2
2
3Bendable straw for collection of the breath samples into the corresponding sample containers1
4Data sheet for patient documentation1
5Package leaflet1
6Page of barcode labels and sticker1

Marketing authorization holder

INFAI GmbH, Riehler Str. 36, D-50668 Köln, Germany

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/97/045/001

Date of first authorisation: 14 August 1997
Date of latest renewal: 14 August 2007

Drugs

Drug Countries
HELICOBACTER Austria

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