Powder lyophilized for preparing solution
for injection 100 mg
Trade name: Photolon®.
International nonproprietary name (INN): none.
Description: Greenish black porous mass. Violet tint is allowed.
Composition: each bottle/vial contains:
Active ingredient: chlorin E6 (trisodium salt of chlorin E6) – 100 mg.
Excipients: low- molecular polyvinyl pyrrolidone medical grade Mr 12600±2700 (povidone).
Pharmaceutical form: lyophilized powder for injection, 100 mg.
ATC code: L01XD.
Indications for use:
Oncology: photodynamic therapy of pre-cancerous lesions and malignant tumors: skin cancers (squamous cell cearcinoma, basal cell carcinoma), melanoma and intracutaneous metastases of breast cancer, superficial mucosal tumors (vulva, esophagus, rectum); intraoperative photodynamic therapy of malignant tumors of the brain (in the combination therapy); diagnostics of malignant tumors by spektrofluorescent method.
Ophthalmology: photodynamic therapy of ophthalmologic diseases, diseases of organ of vision accompanied by the development of vascular neoplasms in its structure: subretinal neovascular membranes in under central involutional chorioretinal dystrophy and myopic maculopathy.
