PENINE

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

The drug PENINE contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1	Quinine UNII 8C3EMH7D9X - QUININE DIHYDROCHLORIDE
	Quinine is a cinchona alkaloid and a 4-methanolquinoline antimalarial agent which is a rapidly acting blood schizontocide with activity against Plasmodium falciparum, P vivax, P ovale and P malariae. It is active against the gametocytes of P malariae and P vivax, but not against mature gametocytes of P falciparum.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
04-6673	Intravenous infusion	Penine Injection INJ_SOL 600 mg/2 mL 2 mL x 10's (in ampoules)	Solution for intravenous infusion	30/01/2025

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC Group		Classification
P01BC01	Quinine	P Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents → P01 Antiprotozoals → P01B Antimalarials → P01BC Methanolquinolines
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country	Identification scheme	Identifier(s)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	04-6673