Pfizer Limited

Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9NJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1304 616 161
Fax: +44 (0)1304 656 221

Summary of Product Characteristics last updated on the eMC: 21/01/2011
SPC Ketalar Injection

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 21/01/2011 and displayed until Current
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 4.4 - Special warnings and precautions for Use
  • Change to section 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • 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:   01-Jan-2011
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 4.4 (Special warnings and special precautions for use): substantial changes (incl. discussion of blood pressure)

Section 4.8 (Undesirable effects): completely re-written (incl. the addition of cystitis/haemorrhagic cystitis)

Section 6.3 (Shelf life): Typo corrections

Section 10 (Date of revision of the text): updated as a consequence of the above revisions
Updated on 21/01/2010 and displayed until 21/01/2011
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 6. 3 - Shelf Life
  • Change to section 6. 4 - Special Precautions for Storage
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-Dec-2009
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company



Updates are made to section 6.3 (Shelf-life) of the SPC, Label and PIL, increasing the shelf-life for Ketalar 10mg/ml and 50mg/ml Injections, from 36 months to 60 months. Please be advised that the shelf-life remains to 36 months for Ketalar 100mg/ml injection. In addition, section 6.4 (Special storage precautions), for 3 strengths of Ketalar, has been updated with the following, ‘This medicinal product does not require any special storage conditions.’

Updated on 09/06/2009 and displayed until 21/01/2010
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • 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 4.8 - Undesirable Effects
  • Change to section 5.1 - Pharmacodynamic Properties
Date of revision of text on the SPC:   01-May-2009
Legal Category:   POM
Black Triangle (CHM):   NO

Free-text change information supplied by the pharmaceutical company

Section 4.3 - Updated in line with core data sheet - contra-indications info
Section 4.4 - Updated in line with core data sheet - multiple text edits
Section 4.5 - Updated in line with core data sheet - multiple text edits
Section 4.8 - Updated in line with core data sheet - multiple text edits
Section 5.1 - Updated in line with core data sheet - Mechanism of Action information
Updated on 04/04/2006 and displayed until 09/06/2009
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • Change to section 1 - trade name
  • Change to section 2 - qualitative and quantitative composition
  • Change to section 3 - pharmaceutical form
  • Change to section 6.1 - List of Excipients
  • Change to section 6. 3 - Shelf Life
  • Change to section 6. 4 - Special Precautions for Storage
  • Change to section 6. 5 - Nature and Contents of Container
  • Change to section 6. 6 - Instruction for Use/Handling
Updated on 18/09/2003 and displayed until 04/04/2006
Reasons for adding or updating:
  • New SPC for eMC ie an SPC for an existing product, but one that is new for the eMC

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