QARZIBA Concentrate for solution for infusion Ref.[27962] Active ingredients: Dinutuximab

Source: Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB)  Revision Year: 2021  Publisher: EUSA Pharma (Netherlands) B.V., Beechavenue 54, 1119PW Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands

Product name and form

Qarziba 4.5 mg/mL concentrate for solution for infusion.

Pharmaceutical Form

Concentrate for solution for infusion.

Clear, colourless liquid.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

1 mL of concentrate contains 4.5 mg dinutuximab beta.

Each vial contains 20 mg dinutuximab beta in 4.5 mL.

Dinutuximab beta is a mouse-human chimeric monoclonal IgG1 antibody produced in a mammalian cell line (CHO) by recombinant DNA technology.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Dinutuximab

Dinutuximab is a monoclonal chimeric antibody composed of murine variable heavy and light chain regions and the human constant region for the heavy chain IgG1 and light chain kappa. Dinutuximab reacts specifically with the ganglioside GD2, which is highly expressed on the surface of neuroblastoma cells and minimally expressed on the surface of normal human neurons, peripheral pain fibres, and skin melanocytes.

List of Excipients

Histidine
Sucrose
Polysorbate 20
Water for injections
Hydrochloric acid (for pH adjustment)

Pack sizes and marketing

Clear Type I glass vial (6 mL) with a halobutyl rubber stopper and aluminium flip-off cap, containing a minimum extractable volume of 4.5 mL concentrate for solution for infusion.

Each carton contains 1 vial.

Marketing authorization holder

EUSA Pharma (Netherlands) B.V., Beechavenue 54, 1119PW Schiphol-Rijk, Netherlands

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/17/1191/001

Date of first authorisation: 08 May 2017

Drugs

Drug Countries
QARZIBA Austria, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom

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