About this medicine
- Approved name
- Fluorouracil and fluorouracil related substances (capecitabine, tegafur and flucytosine) containing medicinal products
- International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name
- capecitabine
- fluorouracil
- tegafur
- flucytosine
- Associated names
- Xeloda
- Teysuno
- Capecitabine Accord
- Capecitabine Medac
- Capecitabine Teva
- Ecansya (previously Capecitabine Krka)
About this procedure
- Current status
- European Commission final decision
- Reference number
- EMEA/H/A-31/1481
- Type
- Article 31 referrals
This type of referral is triggered when the interest of the Union is involved, following concerns relating to the quality, safety or efficacy of a medicine or a class of medicines.
- Authorisation model
- Centrally and nationally authorised products (mixed)
- Decision making model
- PRAC-CHMP-EC
Key dates and outcomes
- Procedure start date
- 15/03/2019
- PRAC recommendation date
- 12/03/2020
- CHMP opinion date
- 30/04/2020
- EC decision date
- 07/07/2020
- Outcome
- Variation