XOLAIR 150mg Solution for injection in pre-filled syringe Ref.[8001] Active ingredients: Omalizumab

Source: European Medicines Agency (EU)  Revision Year: 2019  Publisher: Novartis Europharm Limited, Vista Building, Elm Park, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

Product name and form

Xolair 150 mg solution for injection in pre-filled syringe.

Pharmaceutical Form

Solution for injection in pre-filled syringe (injection).

Clear to slightly opalescent, colourless to pale brownish-yellow solution.

Qualitative and quantitative composition

Each pre-filled syringe of 1 ml solution contains 150 mg of omalizumab*.

* Omalizumab is a humanised monoclonal antibody manufactured by recombinant DNA technology in a Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) mammalian cell line.

For the full list of excipients, see section 6.1.

Active Ingredient Description
Omalizumab

Omalizumab is a recombinant DNA-derived humanised monoclonal antibody that selectively binds to human immunoglobulin E (IgE). Omalizumab binds to IgE and prevents binding of IgE to FcεRI (high-affinity IgE receptor) on basophils and mast cells, thereby reducing the amount of free IgE that is available to trigger the allergic cascade. Treatment of atopic subjects with omalizumab resulted in a marked down-regulation of FcεRI receptors on basophils.

List of Excipients

L-arginine hydrochloride
L-histidine hydrochloride
L-histidine
Polysorbate 20
Water for injections

Pack sizes and marketing

1 ml solution in a pre-filled syringe barrel (type I glass) with staked needle (stainless steel), (type I) plunger stopper and needle cap.

Pack containing 1 pre-filled syringe, and multipacks containing 4 (4 × 1); 6 (6 × 1) or 10 (10 × 1) pre- filled syringes.

Not all pack sizes may be marketed.

Marketing authorization holder

Novartis Europharm Limited, Vista Building, Elm Park, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland

Marketing authorization dates and numbers

EU/1/05/319/008
EU/1/05/319/009
EU/1/05/319/010
EU/1/05/319/011

Date of first authorisation: 25 October 2005
Date of latest renewal: 22 June 2015

Drugs

Drug Countries
XOLAIR Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

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