Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

B03XA03

Therapeutic Categories

Antianemic agent

Hematopoietic growth factor

Chemical Name

Methoxy polyethylene glycol epoetin beta; a covalent conjugate of a protein produced by recombinant DNA technology in Chinese Hamster Ovarian cells and conjugated to a linear methoxy-polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Foreign Names

• methoxy-polyethylenglycolum epoetinum beta (Latin)
• Methoxy-Polyethylenglycol-Epoetin beta (German)

Generic Names

• C.E.R.A. (IS)
• Continuous Erythropoetin Receptor Activator (IS)
• PEG-EPO (IS)
• PEG-Epoetin beta (IS)
• R-744 (IS)
• Ro-50-3821 (IS)

Brand Names

• Mircera
  Roche, Australia; Roche, Belgium; Roche, Switzerland; Roche, Germany; Roche, Denmark; Roche, France; Roche, United Kingdom; Roche, Greece; Roche, Croatia (Hrvatska); Roche, Hungary; Roche, Ireland; Roche, Netherlands; Roche, Norway; Roche, Slovakia; Roche, United States



• MIRCERA
  Roche, Sweden

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Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym

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