PegIntron
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- Prescription status not stated
- Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines
- Active substance
- Peginterferon alfa-2b
- Made by
- Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
- Source
- Official label
Quoted from the official source. Not yet reviewed by Mediclarum — the leaflet in your pack is authoritative.
What it is for
- Adults (tritherapy) PegIntron in combination with ribavirin and boceprevir (tritherapy) is indicated for the treatment of chronic-hepatitis-C (CHC) genotype-1 infection in adult patients (18 years of age and older) with compensated liver disease who are previously untreated or who have failed previous therapy. Please refer to the ribavirin and boceprevir summaries of product characteristics (SmPCs) when PegIntron is to be used in combination with these medicines. Adults (bitherapy and monotherapy) PegIntron is indicated for the treatment of adult patients (18 years of age and older) with CHC who are positive for hepatitis-C-virus RNA (HCV-RNA), including patients with compensated cirrhosis and / or co-infected with clinically stable HIV. PegIntron in combination with ribavirin (bitherapy) is indicated for the treatment of CHC infection in adult patients who are previously untreated including patients with clinically stable HIV co-infection and in adult patients who have failed previous treatment with interferon-alpha (pegylated or non-pegylated) and ribavirin combination therapy or interferon-alpha monotherapy. Interferon monotherapy, including PegIntron, is indicated mainly in case of intolerance or contraindication to ribavirin. Please refer to the ribavirin SmPC when PegIntron is to be used in combination with ribavirin. Paediatric population (bitherapy) PegIntron is indicated in a combination regimen with ribavirin for the treatment of children three years of age and older and adolescents who have CHC, previously untreated, without liver decompensation, and who are positive for HCV-RNA. When deciding not to defer treatment until adulthood, it is important to consider that the combination therapy induced a growth inhibition that may be irreversible in some patients. The decision to treat should be made on a case-by-case basis. Please refer to the ribavirin SmPC for capsules or oral solution when PegIntron is to be used in combination with ribavirin.
From the official label · 2026-09-30 · European Medicines Agency
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Details
| Made by | Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. |
|---|---|
| Active substance | Peginterferon alfa-2b |
| Used in | Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines |
| Classification | L03AB10 · Cancer treatments and immune-system medicines |
| Authorised on | 2000-05-24 |
| Last updated by the regulator | 2021-06-03 |
| EMA product number | EMEA/H/C/000280 |
Source: European Medicines Agency — medicine data · 2026-09-30 · not reviewed by a clinician
Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA). Product information as published by EMA. Reuse terms: EMA legal notice (reproduction authorised).
Same active substance
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