VIMPAT Syrup Ref.[8022] Active ingredients: Lacosamide

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2022  Publisher: UCB Pharma S.A., Allée de la Recherche 60, B-1070, Bruxelles, Belgium

Product name and form

Vimpat 10 mg/ml syrup.

Pharmaceutical Form

Syrup.

A slightly viscous clear, colourless to yellow-brown liquid.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each ml of syrup contains 10 mg lacosamide. 1 bottle of 200 ml contains 2,000 mg lacosamide.

Excipients with known effect: Each ml of Vimpat syrup contains 187 mg sorbitol (E420), 2.60 mg sodium methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E219), 2.14 mg propylene glycol (E1520), 1.42 mg sodium and 0.032 mg aspartame (E951).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Lacosamide

Lacosamide is a functionalised amino acid. The precise mechanism by which lacosamide exerts its antiepileptic effect in humans remains to be fully elucidated.

List of Excipients

Glycerol (E422)
Carmellose sodium
Sorbitol liquid (crystallizing) (E420)
Polyethylene glycol 4000
Sodium chloride
Citric acid, anhydrous
Acesulfame potassium (E950)
Sodium methyl parahydroxybenzoate (E219)
Strawberry flavour (contains propylene glycol (E1520), maltol)
Masking flavour (contains propylene glycol (E1520), aspartame (E951), acesulfame potassium (E950), maltol, deionised water)
Purified water

Pack sizes and marketing

A 200 ml amber glass bottle with white polypropylene screw cap, a 30 ml measuring cup and a 10 ml oral syringe (black graduation marks) with an adaptor.

One full 30 ml measuring cup corresponds to 300 mg of lacosamide. The minimum volume is 5 ml which corresponds to 50 mg of lacosamide. As from the 5 ml graduation mark, each graduation mark corresponds to 5 ml which is 50 mg of lacosamide (for example 2 graduation marks correspond to 100 mg).

One full 10 ml oral syringe corresponds to 100 mg of lacosamide. The minimum extractable volume is 1 ml which corresponds to10 mg of lacosamide. As from the 1 ml graduation mark, each graduation mark corresponds to 0.25 ml which is 2.5 mg of lacosamide.

Marketing authorization holder

UCB Pharma S.A., Allée de la Recherche 60, B-1070, Bruxelles, Belgium

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/08/470/018

Date of first authorisation: 29 August 2008
Date of latest renewal: 31 July 2013

Drugs

Drug Countries
VIMPAT Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

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