Avonex European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

avonex

biogen netherlands b.v.  - interferon beta-1a - multiple sclerosis - immunostimulants, - avonex is indicated for the treatment of:patients diagnosed with relapsing multiple sclerosis (ms). in clinical trials, this was characterised by two or more acute exacerbations (relapses) in the previous three years without evidence of continuous progression between relapses; avonex slows the progression of disability and decreases the frequency of relapses;patients with a single demyelinating event with an active inflammatory process, if it is severe enough to warrant treatment with intravenous corticosteroids, if alternative diagnoses have been excluded, and if they are determined to be at high risk of developing clinically definite ms.avonex should be discontinued in patients who develop progressive ms.

Betaferon European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

betaferon

bayer ag  - interferon beta-1b - multiple sclerosis - immunostimulants, - betaferon is indicated for the treatment ofpatients with a single demyelinating event with an active inflammatory process, if it is severe enough to warrant treatment with intravenous corticosteroids, if alternative diagnoses have been excluded, and if they are determined to be at high risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis;patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and two or more relapses within the last two years;patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis with active disease, evidenced by relapses.

Extavia European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

extavia

novartis europharm limited - interferon beta-1b - multiple sclerosis - immunostimulants, - extavia is indicated for the treatment of:patients with a single demyelinating event with an active inflammatory process, if it is severe enough to warrant treatment with intravenous corticosteroids, if alternative diagnoses have been excluded, and if they are determined to be at high risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis;patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis and two or more relapses within the last two years;patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis with active disease, evidenced by relapses.

Virbagen Omega European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

virbagen omega

virbac s.a. - recombinant omega interferon of feline origin - immunostimulants, - dogs; cats - dogsreduction of mortality and clinical signs of parvovirosis (enteric form) in dogs from one month of age.catstreatment of cats infected with feline leukaemia virus (felv) and / or feline immunodeficiency virus (fiv), in non-terminal clinical stages, from the age of nine weeks. in a field study conducted, it was observed that there was:a reduction of clinical signs during the symptomatic phase (four months);a reduction of mortality:in anaemic cats, mortality rate of about 60% at four, six, nine and 12 months was reduced by approximately 30% following treatment with interferon;in non-anaemic cats, mortality rate of 50% in cats infected by felv was reduced by 20% following treatment with interferon. in cats infected by fiv, mortality was low (5%) and was not influenced by the treatment.

Plegridy European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

plegridy

biogen netherlands b.v. - peginterferon beta-1a - multiple sclerosis - immunostimulants, - treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in adult patients.

Pegasys European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

pegasys

pharmaand gmbh - peginterferon alfa-2a - hepatitis c, chronic; hepatitis b, chronic - immunostimulants, - chronic hepatitis b adult patients pegasys is indicated for the treatment of hepatitis b envelope antigen (hbeag)-positive or hbeag-negative chronic hepatitis b (chb) in adult patients with compensated liver disease and evidence of viral replication, increased alanine aminotransferase (alt) and histologically verified liver inflammation and/or fibrosis (see sections 4.4 and 5.1). paediatric patients 3 years of age and older pegasys is indicated for the treatment of hbeag-positive chb in non-cirrhotic children and adolescents 3 years of age and older with evidence of viral replication and persistently elevated serum alt levels. with respect to the decision to initiate treatment in paediatric patients see sections 4.2, 4.4 and 5.1. chronic hepatitis c adult patients pegasys is indicated in combination with other medicinal products, for the treatment of chronic hepatitis c (chc) in patients with compensated liver disease (see sections 4.2, 4.4 and 5.1). for hepatitis c virus (hcv) genotype specific activity, see sections 4.2 and 5.1. paediatric patients 5 years of age and older pegasys in combination with ribavirin is indicated for the treatment of chc in treatment-naïve children and adolescents 5 years of age and older who are positive for serum hcv-rna. when deciding to initiate treatment in childhood, it is important to consider growth inhibition induced by combination therapy. the reversibility of growth inhibition is uncertain. the decision to treat should be made on a case by case basis (see section 4.4).,

Rebif European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

rebif

merck europe b.v.  - interferon beta-1a - multiple sclerosis - immunostimulants, - rebif is indicated for the treatment of:patients with a single demyelinating event with an active inflammatory process, if alternative diagnoses have been excluded, and if they are determined to be at high risk of developing clinically definite multiple sclerosis;patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis. in clinical trials, this was characterised by two or more acute exacerbations in the previous two years.efficacy has not been demonstrated in patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without ongoing relapse activity.

Viraferon European Union - English - EMA (European Medicines Agency)

viraferon

schering-plough europe - interferon alfa-2b - hepatitis c, chronic; hepatitis b, chronic - immunostimulants, - chronic hepatitis b: treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis b associated with evidence of hepatitis b viral replication (presence of hbv-dna and hbeag), elevated alanine aminotransferase (alt) and histologically proven active liver inflammation and/or fibrosis.chronic hepatitis c:adult patients:introna is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic hepatitis c who have elevated transaminases without liver decompensation and who are positive for serum hcv-rna or anti-hcv (see section 4.4).the best way to use introna in this indication is in combination with ribavirin.chidren and adolescents:introna is intended for use, in a combination regimen with ribavirin, for the treatment of children and adolescents 3 years of age and older, who have chronic hepatitis c, not previously treated, without liver decompensation, and who are positive for serum hcv-rna. the decision to treat should be made on a case by case basis, taking into account any evidence of disease progression such as hepatic inflammation and fibrosis, as well as prognostic factors for response, hcv genotype and viral load. the expected benefit of treatment should be weighed against the safety findings observed for paediatric subjects in the clinical trials (see sections 4.4, 4.8 and 5.1).