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Winthrop Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd

One Onslow Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4YS, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1483 505 515
Fax: +44 (0)1483 554 831
E-mail: UK-medicalinformation@sanofi-aventis.com
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)1483 554 101
Medical Information Fax: +44 (0)1483 554 831

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 06/05/2011
SPC Pantoprazole 20mg gastro-resistant tablets

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Updated on 06/05/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 4.1 - Therapeutic indications
  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and method of administration
  • Change to section 4.3 - Contraindications
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interaction with other medicinal products and other forms of interaction
  • Change to section 4.6 - Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Change to section 4.7 - Effects on Ability to Drive and Use Machines
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 4.9 - Overdose
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic Properties
  • Change to section 5.2 - Pharmacokinetic Properties
  • Change to section 5.3 - Preclinical Safety Data
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   14-Apr-2011
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Changes made due to Article 30 referral:

Section 2 - addition of soya lecithin
Section 4.1 - Removal of indication for treatment of mild reflux disease and amendment from long-term "treatment" to "management" of reflux oesophagitis.
Section 4.2 - rewording of recommendation on not chewing or crushing tablet and use in children under 12 , removal of reference to mild reflux disease and rewording of section.
Section 4.3 - included hypersensitivity to substituted benzimidazoles and soya lecithin.
Section 4.4 - addition of section on coadministration with atazanavir and warning for soya lecithin content. Rewording of other parts of the section.
Section 4.5 - Section restructured and inclusion of info about lack of interaction with antibiotics.
Section 4.6 - Section reworded. Under lactation animal study data included.
Section 4.7 - Section reworded
Sectin 4.8 - Inclusion of most commoly occuring side effects at beginning and update of adverse events table.
Section 4.9 - added info re protein binding and reworded.
Section 5.1 - Section reworded.
Section 5.2 - Reworded, sections on use in special populations expanded.
Section 5.3 - reworded
Updated on 19/11/2010 and displayed until 06/05/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 6. 3 - Shelf Life
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   09-Feb-2010
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 6.3: Shelf life increased from 30 months to 36 months
Section 10: Date of revision of text amended accordingly
Updated on 27/04/2010 and displayed until 19/11/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Correction of spelling/typing errors
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   14-Apr-2010
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

None provided
Updated on 12/05/2009 and displayed until 27/04/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New SPC for new product
Date of revision of text on the SPC:  
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

None provided

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   pantoprazole sodium sesquihydrate