The Irish Medicines Board monitors the safety of authorised medicinal products for human use available on the Irish market, on an on-going basis. Part of this monitoring is carried out through review and evaluation of suspected adverse reactions and the IMB encourages all healthcare professionals to notify suspected adverse reactions observed during their practice. The [...]
Bicalinn
Company: Helsinn Birex Therapeutics Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. HT. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Bicalutamide 50mg. Description: White round biconvex film-coated tablet. Presentation: 28, €105.00. Indication: Advanced prostate cancer in combination with LHRH analogue therapy or surgical castration. Pharmacology: Bicalutamide is a non-steroidal antiandrogen, devoid of other endocrine activity. It binds to androgen receptors without activating [...]
Boostrix
Company: GlaxoSmithKline (Ireland) Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. Sport permitted. Active ingredients: Diphtheria toxoid >2 IU, Tetanus toxoid >20 IU, pertussis toxoid 8 mcg, filamentous haemagglutinin 8 mcg, pertactin2.5mcg, adsorbed on aluminium hydroxide, hydrated (Al(OH)3) and aluminium phosphate (AlPO4). Description: Turbid white suspension for injection in pre-filled syringe. Presentation: 1, price available on request. Indications: Booster [...]
Circadin
Company: Lundbeck (Ireland) Ltd Legal category: Prescription. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Prolonged-release melatonin 2mg. Description: White to off-white, round, biconvex prolonged-release tablets. Presentation: 21, €12.33 (wholesale price). Indication: Monotherapy for the short-term treatment of primary insomnia characterised by poor quality of sleep in patients who are aged 55 or over. Pharmacology: Melatonin is a naturally [...]
Effentora
Company: Cephalon Pharma (Ireland) Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport prohibited. Active ingredient: Fentanyl (as citrate) 100mcg, 200mcg, 400mcg, 600mcg, 800mcg. Description: Flat-faced, white, round bevelled-edge tablet, embossed on one side with a C and respectively with 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 on the other side. Presentation: 100mcg-4, €34.84; 200mcg-4, €34.84, 400mcg-4, €34.84, 600mcg-4, €34.84, [...]
Increlex
Prescription. HT. Sport prohibited. Ipsen Pharmaceuticals Ltd has expanded its short-stature treatment portfolio with the launch of Increlex (mecasermin), a recombinant DNA-derived human insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Increlex is the first and only product licensed in Europe for the long term treatment of growth failure in children and adolescents with severe primary insulin-like growth factor-1 [...]
Ireven
Company: TEVA Pharmaceuticals Ireland. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport Permitted. Active ingredient: Venlafaxine (HCl) equivalent to venlafaxine 75mg, 150mg. Description: Opaque hard gelatine prolonged-release capsules containing round, biconvex film-coated tablets, with imprint VEN on cap and strength on body. 75mg: Flesh opaque with two tablets. 150mg: Scarlet with three tablets. Presentation: 75mg-28, €20.23; 150mg-28, €34.68. [...]
Vidaza
Company: Celgene UK and Ireland Ltd. Legal category: Hospital. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Azacitidine 100mg. Description: White lyophilised powder for suspension for injection. Presentation: 100mg vial. €381.00. Indications: Treatment of adult patients who are not eligible for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation with intermediate-2 and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) according to the International Prognostic Scoring System [...]
Vimpat
Company: UCB (Pharma) Ireland Ltd. Legal category: Prescription. GMS. Sport permitted. Active ingredient: Lacosamide 50mg, 100mg, 150mg, 200mg (tablets); 15 mg/ml (syrup); 10mg/ml (solution for infusion). Description: Tablets: Respectively, pinkish, dark yellow, salmon or blue oval film-coated tablet debossed with SP on one side and 50, 100, 150 or 200 on the other. Syrup: Clear, [...]
Valeant range of products acquired by MEDA Ireland
MEDA Ireland wish to announce that they have acquired the Valeant range of products. The MEDA name will begin to appear on the packaging in a phased manner as existing Valeant stock is depleted from the market. The following products have been acquired by MEDA: Ancotil (flucytosine), Dalmane (flurazepam), Dermatix, Efudix (fluorouracil), Librium (chlordiazepoxide), Mestinon [...]