SOVALDI Film-coated tablet Ref.[7098] Active ingredients: Sofosbuvir

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: Gilead Sciences Ireland UC, Carrigtohill, County Cork, T45 DP77, Ireland

Product name and form

Sovaldi 400 mg film-coated tablets.

Sovaldi 200 mg film-coated tablets.

Pharmaceutical Form

Film-coated tablet.

Sovaldi 400 mg film-coated tablets: Yellow, capsule-shaped, film-coated tablet of dimensions of approximately 20 mm x 9 mm, debossed on one side with “GSI” and “7977” on the other side.

Sovaldi 200 mg film-coated tablets: Yellow, oval-shaped, film-coated tablet of dimensions of approximately 15 mm x 8 mm, debossed on one side with “GSI” and “200” on the other side.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Sovaldi 400 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 400 mg of sofosbuvir.

Sovaldi 200 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 200 mg of sofosbuvir.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Sofosbuvir

Sofosbuvir is a pan-genotypic inhibitor of the HCV NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, which is essential for viral replication. Sofosbuvir is a nucleotide prodrug that undergoes intracellular metabolism to form the pharmacologically active uridine analog triphosphate (GS-461203), which can be incorporated into HCV RNA by the NS5B polymerase and acts as a chain terminator.

List of Excipients

Tablet core:

Mannitol (E421)
Microcrystalline cellulose (E460(i))
Croscarmellose sodium
Colloidal anhydrous silica (E551)
Magnesium stearate (E470b)

Film-coating:

Polyvinyl alcohol (E1203)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Macrogol 3350 (E1521)
Talc (E553b)
Yellow iron oxide (E172)

Pack sizes and marketing

Sovaldi 400 mg tablets are supplied in high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles with a polypropylene child-resistant closure containing 28 film-coated tablets with a silica gel desiccant and polyester coil.

Sovaldi 200 mg tablets are supplied in high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles with a polypropylene child-resistant closure containing 28 film-coated tablets and a polyester coil.

The following pack sizes are available:

  • outer cartons containing 1 bottle of 28 film-coated tablets
  • and for the 400 mg tablets only; outer cartons containing 84 (3 bottles of 28) film-coated tablets.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Gilead Sciences Ireland UC, Carrigtohill, County Cork, T45 DP77, Ireland

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/13/894/001
EU/1/13/894/002
EU/1/13/894/003

Date of first authorisation: 16 January 2014
Date of latest renewal: 17 September 2018

Drugs

Drug Countries
SOVALDI Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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