Product Information
Registration Status: ActivePRAXBIND SOLUTION FOR INJECTION/INFUSION 50 MG/ML is approved to be sold in Singapore with effective from 2016-08-31. It is marketed by BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM SINGAPORE PTE LTD, with the registration number of SIN15083P.
This product contains Idarucizumab 50mg/ml in the form of INJECTION, SOLUTION. It is approved for INTRAVENEOUS use.
This product is manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG in GERMANY.
It is a Prescription Only Medicine that can only be obtained from a doctor or a dentist, or a pharmacist with a prescription from a Singapore-registered doctor or dentist.
Description
Idarucizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) derived from an immunoglobulin G1 isotype molecule that binds to and inactivates the oral anticoagulant dabigatran, thereby reversing its anticoagulant effect. As a direct acting oral anticoagulant (DOAC), one of the risks associated with the use of dabigatran includes bleeding, espeically when given to patients at increased risk (elderly, chronic kidney disease, concomitant NSAID or warfarin use, etc). Approved under the tradename Praxbind (FDA), idarucizumab is indicated for the emergency treatment of dabigatran-associated bleeding in life-threatening or surgically induced situations. Its use is associated with immediate, complete and sustained reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran. Idarucizumab protein structure can be viewed below, with disulfide bridges at the following points: H22-H95, H149-H205, H225-L-219, L23-L93, L139-L199.
Indication
For use in patients treated with Dabigatran when reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran is needed for emergency surgery/urgent procedures and in life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding.
Mechanism of Action
Idarucizumab is a specific reversal agent for dabigatran. It is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) that binds to dabigatran and its acylglucuronide metabolites with higher affinity than the binding affinity of dabigatran to thrombin, neutralizing their anticoagulant effect.
Clearance
47.0 mL/min
Toxicity
In healthy volunteers, the most frequently reported adverse reactions in greater than or equal to 5% of subjects treated with idarucizumab was headache. In patients, the most frequently reported adverse reactions in greater than or equal to 5% of patients treated with idarucizumab were hypokalemia, delirium, constipation, pyrexia, and pneumonia.
Active Ingredient/Synonyms
aDabi-Fab | Idarucizumab |
Source of information: Drugbank (External Link). Last updated on: 3rd July 18. *Trade Name used in the content below may not be the same as the HSA-registered product.