Country: Ireland
Language: English
Source: HPRA (Health Products Regulatory Authority)
TEGAFUR URACIL
Merck Serono Limited
100/224 Milligram
Capsules Hard
2005-12-22
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD ACT 1995, AS AMENDED MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (CONTROL OF PLACING ON THE MARKET) REGULATIONS, 2007, AS AMENDED PA0654/017/001 Case No: 2072309 The Irish Medicines Board in exercise of the powers conferred on it by the above mentioned Regulations hereby grants to MERCK SERONO LIMITED BEDFONT CROSS, STANWELL ROAD, FELTHAM, MIDDLESEX, TW14 8NX, UNITED KINGDOM an authorisation, subject to the provisions of the said Regulations, in respect of the product UFT 100MG/224 MG HARD CAPSULES the particulars of which are set out in the attached Schedule. The authorisation is also subject to the general conditions as may be specified in the said Regulations as listed on the reverse of this document. This authorisation, unless previously revoked, shall continue in force from 23/03/2010. Signed on behalf of the Irish Medicines Board this ________________ A person authorised in that behalf by the said Board. IRISH MEDICINES BOARD ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _Date Printed 09/08/2010_ _CRN 2072309_ _page number: 1_ PART II SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS 1 NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT UFT 100mg/224 mg hard capsules 2 QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION Each capsule contains 100 mg tegafur and 224 mg uracil. For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1. 3 PHARMACEUTICAL FORM Hard capsule. The capsules are white, opaque and imprinted with the code TC434. 4 CLINICAL PARTICULARS 4.1 THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS UFT is indicated for first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in combination with calcium folinate (see section 5.1). 4.2 POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION ADULTS: the dose of UFT is 300 mg/m2/day tegafur and 672 mg/m2/day uracil combined with 90 mg/day oral calcium folinate, given in Read the complete document