AMGEVITA SOLUTION

Country: Canada

Language: English

Source: Health Canada

Active ingredient:

ADALIMUMAB

Available from:

AMGEN CANADA INC

ATC code:

L04AB04

INN (International Name):

ADALIMUMAB

Dosage:

50MG

Pharmaceutical form:

SOLUTION

Composition:

ADALIMUMAB 50MG

Administration route:

SUBCUTANEOUS

Units in package:

0.8ML

Prescription type:

Prescription

Therapeutic area:

DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS

Product summary:

Active ingredient group (AIG) number: 0150364003; AHFS:

Authorization status:

APPROVED

Authorization date:

2020-11-04

Summary of Product characteristics

AMGEVITA
®
(adalimumab) Product Monograph
Page 1 of 169
PRODUCT MONOGRAPH
INCLUDING PATIENT MEDICATION INFORMATION
PR
AMGEVITA
®
adalimumab injection
20 mg in 0.4 mL sterile solution (50 mg/mL), prefilled syringe for
subcutaneous injection
40 mg in 0.8 mL sterile solution (50 mg/mL), prefilled syringe for
subcutaneous injection
40 mg in 0.8 mL sterile solution (50 mg/mL), prefilled SureClick
®
autoinjector for subcutaneous
injection
Professed Standard
Biologic Response Modifier
AMGEVITA (ADALIMUMAB INJECTION) TREATMENT SHOULD BE INITIATED AND
SUPERVISED BY
SPECIALIST PHYSICIANS EXPERIENCED IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS,
POLYARTICULAR JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS,
ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS, ADULT
AND PEDIATRIC (13 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE WEIGHING ≥ 40 KG) CROHN’S
DISEASE, ADULT AND
PEDIATRIC (5 TO 17 YEARS OF AGE) ULCERATIVE COLITIS, ADULT AND
ADOLESCENT (12 TO 17 YEARS OF
AGE WEIGHING ≥ 30 KG) HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA, PSORIASIS OR ADULT
AND PEDIATRIC UVEITIS,
AND FAMILIAR WITH THE AMGEVITA EFFICACY AND SAFETY PROFILE.
Amgen Canada Inc.
6775 Financial Drive, Suite 100
Mississauga, ON L5N 0A4
Date of Initial Approval:
04 November, 2020
Submission Control No: 256159
Date of Revision:
09 September, 2022
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AMGEVITA
®
(adalimumab) Product Monograph
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
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CONTRAINDICATIONS
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