DISEASE INDICATIONS: Pancreatic Cancer
MANUFACTURER: Baxalta Innovations GmbH
USAGE: Intravenous
MEDICINE APPROVED BY:
European Medical Agency (EMA)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health Canada
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
Medsafe (NZ)
Onivyde (irinotecan hydrochloride trihydrate) is a potent and specialized anti-cancer medication used in the treatment of certain types of advanced or metastatic cancers. This chemotherapy drug belongs to a class of medications known as topoisomerase I inhibitors and is specifically indicated for patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas after previous therapy has failed.
