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Roche Products Limited

Hexagon Place, 6 Falcon Way, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1TW
Telephone: +44 (0)1707 366 000
Fax: +44 (0)1707 338 297
WWW: http://www.rocheuk.com
Medical Information Direct Line: +44 (0)800 328 1629
Medical Information e-mail: medinfo.uk@roche.com
Customer Care direct line: +44 (0)800 731 5711
Medical Information Fax: +44 (0)1707 384555

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Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 01/02/2011
SPC Cymevene Powder for Infusion

When a pharmaceutical company changes an SPC or PIL, a new version is published on the eMC. For each version, we show the dates it was published on the eMC and the reasons for change.

Updated on 01/02/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 2 - Qualitative and quantitative composition
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Sep-2010
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Underlined text has been added, text with strike through deleted:

 

QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION

 

Ganciclovir 500mg (as ganciclovir sodium 5436mg).

 

 

Updated on 21/04/2006 and displayed until 01/02/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 9 - Date of Renewal of Authorisation
  • Change to section 4.3 - Contra-indications
  • Change to section 10 (date of (partial) revision of the text
Updated on 29/11/2005 and displayed until 21/04/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 7 - Marketing Authorisation Holder
  • Change to section 10 (date of (partial) revision of the text
  • Addition of Legal Category
Updated on 24/05/2004 and displayed until 29/11/2005
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.2 - Posology and Method of Administration
  • Change to section 4.3 - Contra-indications
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special Warnings and Precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.5 - Interactions with other Medicaments 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
  • Change to section 6. 6 - Instruction for Use/Handling
Updated on 13/11/2001 and displayed until 24/05/2004
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 6. 4 - Special Precautions for Storage
Updated on 17/08/2001 and displayed until 13/11/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Transferred from eMC version 1
Updated on 18/09/2000 and displayed until 17/08/2001
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • No reasons supplied

Active Ingredients/Generics

 
   ganciclovir sodium