ProQuad
Country: Singapore
Language: English
Source: HSA (Health Sciences Authority)
Patient Information leaflet
(PIL)
20-08-2013
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Active ingredient:
Measles virus
Available from:
MSD PHARMA (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
ATC code:
J07BD54
Dosage:
3.00 log TCID 50
Pharmaceutical form:
INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION
Administration route:
SUBCUTANEOUS
Prescription type:
Prescription Only
Manufactured by:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.,
Authorization date:
2006-09-12
Patient Information leaflet
ProQuad™
SG- V221-I-fro-062013
[Measles, Mumps, Rubella and
Varicella (Oka/Merck) Virus Vaccine Live]
1
PRODUCT CIRCULAR
PROQUAD™
[MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA AND VARICELLA (OKA/MERCK) VIRUS
VACCINE LIVE]
I. THERAPEUTIC
CLASS
ProQuad
*
is a combined attenuated live virus vaccine containing measles,
mumps, rubella,
and varicella viruses. ProQuad is a sterile lyophilized
preparation of (1) the components of
M-M-R
*
II (Measles, Mumps and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live): Measles
Virus Vaccine Live, a
more attenuated line of measles virus, derived from Enders'
attenuated Edmonston strain
and propagated in chick
embryo cell culture; Mumps Virus Vaccine Live, the Jeryl
Lynn™ (B
level) strain of mumps virus propagated in chick embryo cell
culture; Rubella Virus Vaccine
Live, the Wistar RA 27/3 strain of live attenuated
rubella virus propagated in WI-38 human
diploid lung fibroblasts; and (2) Varicella Virus Vaccine Live
(Oka/Merck), the Oka/Merck
strain of varicella-zoster virus propagated in MRC-5 cells
(hereafter referred to as
VARIVAX
*
).
II. CLINICAL
PHARMACOLOGY
Pharmacotherapeutic group: Viral Vaccine
ATC code: J07BD54TBD
Measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella are
4 common childhood diseases caused by
measles virus, mumps virus, rubella virus, and varicella
virus, respectively. These diseases
may be associated with serious complications and/or death.
For example, measles can be
associated with pneumonia and encephalitis; mumps can be associated
with aseptic
meningitis, deafness, and orchitis; rubella occurring
during pregnancy can
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