Deferiprone
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Trade names | Ferriprox |
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Routes of administration | Oral |
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Metabolism | Glucuronidation |
Elimination half-life | 2 to 3 hours |
Excretion | Renal (75 to 90% in 24 hours) |
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Formula | C7H9NO2 |
Molar mass | 139.152 g/mol |
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Deferiprone (tradenames include Ferriprox) is a drug that chelates iron and is used to treat iron overload in thalassaemia major.[1] It was first approved for use in treating thalassaemia major in 1994[2] and had been licensed for use in Europe and Asia for many years while awaiting approval in Canada and the United States.[1] On October 14, 2011, it was approved for use in the US under the FDA's accelerated approval program.[3]
Controversy
Deferiprone was at the center of a protracted struggle between Nancy Olivieri, a Canadian haematologist and researcher, and the Hospital for Sick Children and the pharmaceutical company Apotex, that started in 1996 and delayed approval of the drug in North America.[4] Olivieri's data suggested deferiprone leads to progressive hepatic fibrosis.[5][6]
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References
- 1 2 Savulescu, J (2004). "Thalassaemia major: The murky story of deferiprone". BMJ. 328 (7436): 358–9. doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7436.358. PMC 341373. PMID 14962851.
- ↑ Staff, Cipla. Cipla's History
- ↑ FDA NEWS RELEASE: FDA Approves Ferripox (deferiprone) to Treat Patients with Excess Iron in the Body, Oct. 14, 2011 http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm275814.htm
- ↑ Viens, A M; Savulescu, J (2004). "Introduction to the Olivieri symposium". Journal of Medical Ethics. 30 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1136/jme.2003.006577. PMC 1757126. PMID 14872065.
- ↑ Brittenham, G. M; Nathan, D. G; Olivieri, N. F; Porter, J. B; Pippard, M; Vichinsky, E. P; Weatherall, D. J (2003). "Deferiprone and hepatic fibrosis". Blood. 101 (12): 5089–90, author reply 5090–1. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-10-3173. PMID 12788794.
- ↑ Wanless, I. R; Sweeney, G; Dhillon, A. P; Guido, M; Piga, A; Galanello, R; Gamberini, M. R; Schwartz, E; Cohen, A. R (2002). "Lack of progressive hepatic fibrosis during long-term therapy with deferiprone in subjects with transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia". Blood. 100 (5): 1566–9. doi:10.1182/blood-2002-01-0306. PMID 12176871.