VYNDAQEL 61 mg Soft capsule Ref.[115696] Active ingredients: Tafamidis

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2025  Publisher: Pfizer Europe MA EEIG, Boulevard de la Plaine 17, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Product name and form

Vyndaqel 61 mg soft capsules.

Pharmaceutical Form

Soft capsule.

Reddish brown, opaque, oblong (approximately 21 mm) capsule printed with "VYN 61" in white.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each soft capsule contains 61 mg of micronized tafamidis.

Excipient with known effect:

Each soft capsule contains no more than 44 mg of sorbitol (E420).

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient

Tafamidis is a selective stabiliser of transthyretin (TTR). Tafamidis binds to TTR at the thyroxine binding sites, stabilising the tetramer and slowing dissociation into monomers, the rate-limiting step in the pathogenesis of transthyretin amyloidosis.

List of Excipients

Capsule shell:

Gelatine (E441)
Glycerine (E422)
Red iron oxide (E172)
Sorbitan
Sorbitol (E420)
Mannitol (E421)
Purified water

Capsule contents:

Macrogol 400 (E1521)
Polysorbate 20 (E432)
Povidone (K-value 90)
Butylated hydroxytoluene (E321)

Printing ink (Opacode white):

Ethyl alcohol
Isopropyl alcohol
Purified water
Macrogol 400 (E1521)
Polyvinyl acetate phthalate
Propylene glycol (E1520)
Titanium dioxide (E171)
Ammonium hydroxide (E527) 28%

Pack sizes and marketing

PVC/PA/alu/PVC-alu perforated unit dose blisters.

Pack sizes: a pack of 30 x 1 soft capsules and a multipack containing 90 (3 packs of 30 x 1) soft capsules.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Pfizer Europe MA EEIG, Boulevard de la Plaine 17, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/11/717/003
EU/1/11/717/004

Date of first authorisation: 16 November 2011
Date of latest renewal: 22 July 2016

Drugs

Drug Countries
VYNDAQEL Austria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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