Pegfilgrastim

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Pegfilgrastim
Clinical data
Trade names Neulasta
Biosimilars pegfilgrastim-apgf, pegfilgrastim-bmez, pegfilgrastim-cbqv, pegfilgrastim-fpgk, pegfilgrastim-jmdb, pegfilgrastim-pbbk, Armlupeg, [1] Cegfila, [2] Filpegla, [3] Fulphila, [4] Fylnetra, [5] Grasustek, [6] Lapelga, Neutropeg, Niopeg, [7] Nyvepria, Pelgraz, Pelmeg, [8] Ristempa, Stimufend, [9] [10] Tezmota, [11] Udenyca, Ziextenzo [12] [13]
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MedlinePlus a607058
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Subcutaneous
Drug class Hematopoietic agents, colony-stimulating factors, immunostimulants
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Elimination half-life 15–80 hrs
Identifiers
  • N-(3-Hydroxypropyl)Methionylcolony-stimulating Factor (human), 1-Ether with .Alpha.-Methyl-.Omega.-Hydroxypoly(Oxyethylene)
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Formula C845H1343N223O243S9
Molar mass 18802.90 g·mol−1
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Pegfilgrastim, sold under the brand name Neulasta among others, is a PEGylated form of the recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) analog filgrastim. [18] It serves to stimulate the production of white blood cells (neutrophils). [18] [20] Pegfilgrastim was developed by Amgen. [21]

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Pegfilgrastim treatment can be used to stimulate bone marrow to produce more neutrophils to fight infection in patients undergoing chemotherapy. [22]

Pegfilgrastim has a human half-life of 15 to 80 hours, much longer than the parent filgrastim (3–4 hours). [23] [22]

Pegfilgrastim was approved for medical use in the United States in January 2002, in the European Union in August 2002, and in Australia in September 2002. [21] [19] [24] [25] [26] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [27]

Medical uses

Pegfilgrastim is indicated to decrease the incidence of infection, as manifested by febrile neutropenia, in people with non-myeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a clinically significant incidence of febrile neutropenia; and to increase survival in people acutely exposed to myelosuppressive doses of radiation (hematopoietic subsyndrome of acute radiation syndrome). [18] [28] [29]

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