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Galderma (U.K) Ltd

Meridien House, 69-71 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1DS, UK
Telephone: +44 (0)1923 208950
Fax: +44 (0)1923 208998
Medical Information e-mail: info.uk@galderma.com

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 03/11/2011
SPC Efracea 40mg Modified Release Hard Capsules

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Updated on 03/11/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • 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 4.6 - Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 6.1 - List of Excipients
  • Change to section 10 date of revision of the text
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Mar-2011
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Section 4.2 - Addition of "Oral Use"
Section 4.3 - Additoin of "Concomitant treatment with oral retinoids due to the risk of increased intracranial pressure (See section 4.5).
Section 4.4 - Confirmation that Efracea yields anti-inflammatory plasma levels added to boxed text
Section 4.6 - Addition of "Oral administration of doxycycline to male and female Sprague-Dawley rats adversely affected fertility and reproductive performance (see section 5.3)
. The effect of EFRACEA on human fertility is unknown."
Section 4.8 - Addition of "
Benign intracranial hypertension and headache (unknown frequency: cannot be estimated from the available data) have been reported during EFRACEA postmarketing surveillance."
Section 6.1 - Deleted 3cP/6cP from Hypromellose

Updated on 16/02/2010 and displayed until 03/11/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 3 - Pharmaceutical form
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   26-Oct-2009
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

The markings on the capsule, as described in section 3 of the SPC, have been updated.
Updated on 17/09/2009 and displayed until 16/02/2010
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

 
   doxycycline monohydrate