Ferumoxytol (Feraheme)
Feraheme is an iron replacement given into a vein to adults with iron deficiency anemia. The iron comes as magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles inside a carbohydrate shell.
DrugBank, ferumoxytolHow far from your life: You can get it now, though it may not be common yet.
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Why it’s on step 4
- 1Lab discovery
- 2Working prototype
- 3Real-world testing
- 4Approved or on sale
- 5Everyday life
The rule
A regulator approved or cleared it where approval applies (the FDA, the EMA, a CE mark), or it is sold to the public or to customers beyond a trial.
- AMAG said the FDA had approved Feraheme for all eligible adults with iron deficiency anemia, not only those with kidney disease. Drugs.com approval history
- The FDA approved Feraheme for iron deficiency anemia in adults with chronic kidney disease. Drugs.com approval history
The short version
What you need to know
- Why it matters
Because the particles show up on MRI and stay in the blood a long time, researchers have also examined it as a contrast agent for scans.
DrugBank, ferumoxytol- Is it really nano?
Truly nano
The medicine is the nanoparticles themselves: iron oxide cores in a carbohydrate shell.
DrugBank, ferumoxytol- Where you’ll find it
Given by IV in hospitals and infusion centers to adults with iron deficiency anemia.
US FDA via Drugs.com, 30 Mar 2015- Who’s behind it
Developed by AMAG Pharmaceuticals
On the record
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Newest first. Company-reported means the only source so far is the company itself.
- ApprovalCompany-reported
AMAG said the FDA had approved Feraheme for all eligible adults with iron deficiency anemia, not only those with kidney disease.
Drugs.com approval history - Approval
The FDA approved Feraheme for iron deficiency anemia in adults with chronic kidney disease.
Drugs.com approval history
Is it safe?
What regulators have said
Rulings and reviews from regulators and official scientific panels, oldest first.
- Safety
The FDA added a boxed warning, its strongest kind, because serious and sometimes fatal allergic reactions can occur, and changed the instructions for giving it.
US FDA via Drugs.com, 30 Mar 2015
Sources
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- DrugBank, ferumoxytol
It is comprised of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles which are coated by a semi-synthetic carbohydrate shell
- US FDA via Drugs.com, 30 Mar 2015
Feraheme is in a class of medicines called IV iron replacement products.
- Drugs.com approval history
for All Eligible Adult Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia
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