Gelatin

In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.

Scheme

NF

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

B05AA06

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0009000-70-8

Therapeutic Categories

Pharmaceutic aid

Hemostatic agent, local

Plasmaexpander

Chemical Name

Purified protein obtained either by partial acid hydrolysis (type A), partial alkaline hydrolysis (type B) or enzymatic hydrolysis of collagen from animals; it may also be a mixture of different types

Foreign Names

• Gelatina (Latin)
• Gelatine (German)
• Gélatine (French)
• Gelatina (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Gelatin (OS: JAN)
• Gélatine (OS: DCF)
• Gelatina alba (IS)
• Gelatina animalis (IS)
• UNII-2G86QN327L (IS)
• Gelatin (PH: BP 2018, JP XVII, NF 33, Ph. Eur. 9.3, Ph. Int. 7)
• Gelatina (PH: Ph. Eur. 9.3, Ph. Int. 7)
• Gelatine (PH: Ph. Eur. 9.3)
• Gélatine (PH: Ph. Eur. 9)
• Purified Gelatin (PH: JP XVII)
• Absorbable Gelatin (PH: USP 41)
• Gelatine Polysuccinat zur parenteralen Anwendung (IS)
• Gelofusin (IS)
• Modified fluid gelatin (IS)
• Modifizierte Gelatine (IS)

Brand Names

• Colagenan
  Herbarium Laboratório Botânico, Brazil
• Gelatina Pharma Arte
  Pharma Arte, Paraguay
• Gelfilm
  Pfizer, New Zealand
• Gelfoam
  Pfizer, New Zealand
• Gelofusine
  B. Braun, France
• Gelofusine [+ Sodium Chloride]
  B. Braun, Hungary; B. Braun Medical, Latvia; JV Healthcare Limited, Malta
• Geloplasma
  Fresenius Kabi, Estonia; Fresenius Kabi, Romania; Fresenius Kabi Austria, Austria; Fresenius-Kabi, Argentina
• Geloplasma [+ Magnesium Chloride, + Potassium Chloride, + Sodium Chloride, + Sodium Lactate]
  Fresenius Kabi, Latvia
• Glycerin AD [+ Glycerol]
  Pharco, Egypt
• Glycerin Inf [+ Glycerol]
  Pharco, Egypt
• Glycerin Pharco [+ Glycerol]
  Pharco, Kuwait
• Glycerol Adult [+ Glycerol]
  Sedico, Egypt
• Glycerol Infant [+ Glycerol]
  Sedico, Egypt
• Intragel [+ Sodium Chloride] [veterinary use]
  Zoetis, United States
• Stomahesive [+ Pectin, + Carmellose]
  Bristol-Myers Squibb, Uruguay
• Tego
  Armstrong Laboratorios de Mexico, Mexico
• Valcatil [+ Cysteine, + Methionine]
  Panalab, Argentina; Panalab, Paraguay
• Gelfilm
  Pfizer Japan, Japan
• Gelfoam
  Pfizer, Singapore; Pfizer Japan, Japan
• Spongel
  Astellas, Japan
• Eufusin
  Medacta Italia, Italy
• Galafundin [+ Calcium Chloride, + Sodium Chloride]
  Braun, Kuwait
• Gelafundin
  Buminusantara Bestari Perkasa/B Braun, Indonesia; Pisa, Mexico
• Gelafundin 4%
  B. Braun, Germany
• Gelafundin ISO
  B. Braun, Germany
• Gelafundina
  B. Braun Medical, Spain
• Gelafusal
  Biomed, New Zealand; Serumwerk Bernburg, Germany
• Gelaspan
  B. Braun Medical, Spain; B. BraunB. Braun Melsungen, Romania; Braun, Norway
• Gelaspan 4%
  B. Braun Medical, Estonia
• Gelofusine
  B. Braun, Italy; B. Braun Medical, Denmark; B. Braun Medical, Ecuador; B. Braun Medical, Netherlands; B. Braun Melsungen, Serbia; B. BraunB. Braun Melsungen, Romania; Biomed, New Zealand
• Gelofusine [+ Sodium Chloride]
  B. Braun, Bulgaria; B. Braun, Czech Republic; B. Braun Austria, Austria; B. Braun Medical, Hong Kong; Braun, Sweden
• Geloplasma
  Fresenius Kabi, Spain
• Geloplasma [+ Magnesium Chloride, + Potassium Chloride, + Sodium Chloride, + Sodium Lactate]
  Fresenius Kabi, Czech Republic; Fresenius Kabi France, Slovenia
• Infuplas
  Fresenius Kabi, Italy
• Isoplex 4%
  Beacon Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom
• Volplex 4%
  Beacon, Malta; Beacon Pharmaceuticals, United Kingdom

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