Idarucizumab

Idarucizumab

Idarucizumab

Medication


Idarucizumab, sold under the brand name Praxbind, is a monoclonal antibody used as a reversal agent for dabigatran.[4]

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Idarucizumab was developed by Boehringer Ingelheim. One study sponsored by the manufacturer found that idarucizumab effectively reversed anticoagulation caused by dabigatran within minutes.[6]

It was approved for medical use in the United States and in the European Union in 2015.[7][4][5]

Society and culture

Names

Idarucizumab is the International nonproprietary name (INN).[8] The description was updated in 2016.[9] Idarucizumab is the United States Adopted Name (USAN).[10]


References

  1. "Prescription medicines: registration of new chemical entities in Australia, 2016". Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Praxbind- idarucizumab injection". DailyMed. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. "Praxbind EPAR". European Medicines Agency (EMA). 17 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. Pollack CV, Reilly PA, Eikelboom J, Glund S, Verhamme P, Bernstein RA, et al. (August 2015). "Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal". The New England Journal of Medicine. 373 (6): 511–20. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1502000. PMID 26095746.
  5. "FDA approves Praxbind, the first reversal agent for the anticoagulant Pradaxa". U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (Press release). Archived from the original on 2015-10-17. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  6. World Health Organization (2014). "International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 71". WHO Drug Information. 28 (1): 90–91. hdl:10665/331151.
  7. World Health Organization (2016). "International nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances (INN): recommended INN: list 76". WHO Drug Information. 30 (3): 544. hdl:10665/331020.

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