Source: European Medicines Agency (EU) Revision Year: 2012 Publisher: Pinnacle Biologics B.V., p/a Trust Company Amsterdam B.V., Crystal Tower 21st Floor, Orlyplein 10, 1043 DP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
PhotoBarr 15 mg powder for solution for injection.
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Powder for solution for injection. A dark red to reddish brown lyophilised powder or cake. |
Each vial contains 15 mg porfimer sodium. After reconstitution, each ml solution contains 2.5 mg porfimer sodium.
For a full list of excipients, see 6.1.
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
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| Porfimer |
Porfimer is a mixture of porphyrin units, which are linked together in chains of two to eight units The cytotoxic actions of porfimer are light- and oxygen-dependent. Photodynamic therapy with porfimer is a 2-stage process. Cellular damage caused by porfimer PDT is a consequence of the propagation of free radical reactions. |
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Hydrochloric acid (for pH-adjustment) |
15 mg powder in a vial (glass type I, 7 ml capacity) with a grey butyl stopper.
Pack size: 1 vial.
Pinnacle Biologics B.V., p/a Trust Company Amsterdam B.V., Crystal Tower 21st Floor, Orlyplein 10, 1043 DP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
EU/1/04/272/001
Date of first authorisation: 25 March 2004
Date of latest renewal: 4 March 2009
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