Fosaprepitant

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Fosaprepitant
Clinical data
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Pregnancy
category
  • US: B (No risk in non-human studies)
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailabilityn/a
Protein binding>95% (aprepitant)
MetabolismTo aprepitant
Elimination half-life9 to 13 hours (aprepitant)
Identifiers
CAS Number
PubChem CID
E number{{#property:P628}}
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H22F7N4O6P
Molar mass614.406 g/mol

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]


Fosaprepitant (INN; trade names Emend for Injection, Ivemend) is an anti-emetic drug, administered intravenously. It is a prodrug of aprepitant.

It was developed by Merck & Co. and was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 25, 2008 .[1] and by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on January 11 of the same year.[2]

References

  1. "Drugs.com, FDA Approves Emend (fosaprepitant dimeglumine) for Injection, Merck's New Intravenous Therapy, for Use in Combination with Other Antiemetics for Prevention of Nausea and Vomiting Caused by Chemotherapy". Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. "European Public Assessment Report for Ivemend (from the EMEA website)". Retrieved 2008-03-15.


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