Vincristine
In some countries, this medicine may only be approved for veterinary use.
In the US, Vincristine (vincristine systemic) is a member of the drug class mitotic inhibitors and is used to treat Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, Cancer, Evan's Syndrome, Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma, Neuroblastoma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma and Wilms' Tumor.
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Scheme
Rec.INN
ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)
L01CA02
CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)
0000057-22-7
Chemical Formula
C46-H56-N4-O10
Molecular Weight
824
Therapeutic Categories
Cytostatic agent
Microtubule inhibitor
Vinca alkaloid
Chemical Name
Vincaleukoblastine, 22-oxo-
Foreign Names
- Vincristinum (Latin)
- Vincristin (German)
- Vincristine (French)
- Vincristina (Spanish)
Generic Names
- Vincristina (OS: DCIT)
- Vincristine (OS: BAN, DCF)
- 22-Oxovincaleukoblastin (IS)
- Leurocristin (IS)
- Vincristine Sulfate (OS: USAN, JAN, BANM)
- L 37231 (IS)
- NSC 67574 (IS)
- VCR (IS)
- Vincristine (sulfate de) (PH: Ph. Eur. 7)
- Vincristine Sulfate (PH: JP XV, Ph. Int. 4, USP 34)
- Vincristine sulfate (PH: Ph. Eur. 7)
- Vincristine Sulphate (PH: BP 2011)
- Vincristini sulfas (PH: Ph. Eur. 7, Ph. Int. 4)
- Vincristinsulfat (PH: Ph. Eur. 7)
Brand Names
- Oncocristin
Biotoscana, Peru - Vincristina Kampar
Kampar, Chile - Vincristina
Palmagyar, Peru; World Pharma, Peru - Vincristine-Richter
Gedeon Richter, Tunisia - Abic Vincristine
Teva Pharmaceuticals, South Africa - Alcavixin
Korea United Pharma, Philippines - Alcrist
Alkem, India - cellcristin
Cell pharm, Germany - Citomid
CSC, Bulgaria - Cytocristin
Cipla, India; Cipla, Vietnam; MS Farma, Bulgaria; Unifarma, Latvia - DBL Vincristine Sulfate
Hospira, New Zealand - DBL Vincristine Sulphate
Hospira, Malaysia - Oncocristin
Sun, India - Oncovin
ABL Antibióticos do Brasil, Brazil; EG Labo, France; Eurogenerics, Luxembourg; Genus, United Kingdom; Lilly, Bulgaria; Lilly, Oman; Nippon Kayaku, Japan; PharmaCoDane, Denmark; Sandoz, Mexico; STADA, Austria; STADA, Sweden; Teva Pharma, Switzerland - Oncovin (veterinary use)
Clonmel, Ireland - Oncrivin
Teva, Lithuania - P&U Vincristine
Pfizer, South Africa - Sindovin
Actavis, Romania; S.C. Sindan, Serbia - Sulfato de Vincristina
Pharmaceutical, Venezuela - Tevacristin
Teva, Bulgaria - Vinces
Ivax, Argentina - Vincrisin
Teva, Belgium - Vincristin Liquid cell pharm
Cell pharm, Germany - Vincristin Liquid Richter
Gedeon Richter, Lithuania; Richter Gedeon, Czech Republic; Richter Gedeon RT, Slovakia - Vincristin Pfizer CS
Pfizer, Austria - Vincristin Richter
Gedeon Richter, Thailand - Vincristin
Gedeon Richter, Hungary; Gedeon Richter, Poland; Gedeon Richter, Serbia - Vincristina Crinos
Crinos, Italy - Vincristina Filaxis
Filaxis, Argentina - Vincristina Martian
LKM, Argentina - Vincristina Pfizer
Pfizer, Spain; Pfizer Italia, Italy - Vincristina Sulfato
Pfizer, Chile; Pfizer, Venezuela; Teva, Argentina - Vincristina Teva
Teva, Spain; Teva Italia, Italy - Vincristina
Biosintética, Brazil; Cristália, Brazil; Pharmacia & Upjohn Ltda., Brazil; Rhodia, Brazil; Zodiac, Brazil - Vincristine Abic
Teva, Thailand - Vincristine DBL
DBL/Faulding, Bangladesh; Orna, Turkey - Vincristine Hospira
Hospira, France; Hospira, Iceland; Hospira, Norway; Hospira, Sweden; Hospira, Taiwan - Vincristine Kalbe
Kalbe, Indonesia - Vincristine PCH
Combiphar, Indonesia; Pharmachemie, Indonesia - Vincristine Pfizer
Pfizer, Switzerland; Pfizer, Croatia (Hrvatska); Pfizer, Singapore - Vincristine Pharmachemie
Chemipharm, Greece - Vincristine Richter
Gedeon Richter, Bangladesh - Vincristine Sulfate - Ling Nan Pharm
Lingnan Pharmaceutical, China - Vincristine Sulfate -Furen Pharm
Furen Pharmaceutical Group, China - Vincristine Sulfate Hospira
Hospira, Canada; Hospira, Greece; Hospira, United States - Vincristine Sulfate Pharmachemie
Pharmachemie, Philippines - Vincristine Sulfate Teva
Teva, United States - Vincristine Sulphate DBL
Hospira, Indonesia; Tempo Scan Pacific, Indonesia - Vincristine Sulphate
Mayne, Malta; Mayne Pharma, Oman; Pharmacia, Poland - Vincristine Teva
Med, Turkey; Pharmachemie, Latvia; Teva, Czech Republic; Teva, Lithuania; Teva, Poland; Teva Santé, France - Vincristine Venus
Venus International, Georgia - Vincristine
Atafarm, Turkey; Gedeon Richter, Ethiopia; Hospira, United Kingdom; Hospira, Ireland; Pfizer, Ecuador; Pfizer, Norway; Pfizer, Serbia; Pharmachemie, Israel - Vincristine-Richter
Gedeon Richter, Russian Federation - Vincristinesulfaat PCH
Pharmachemie, Netherlands - Vincristinesulfaat-TEVA
Teva, Netherlands - Vincristine-Teva
Pharmachemie, Taiwan; Teva, Latvia - Vincristinsulfat HEXAL
Hexal, Germany - Vincristinsulfat-TEVA
Teva, Germany - Vincristin-Teva
Teva, Slovakia; Teva Pharma, Switzerland - Vincrisul
STADA, Spain - Vinlon
Celon, India - Vinracine
Korea United Pharm, Georgia; Meizler, Brazil
International Drug Name Search
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BAN | British Approved Name |
| BANM | British Approved Name (Modified) |
| DCF | Dénomination Commune Française |
| DCIT | Denominazione Comune Italiana |
| IS | Inofficial Synonym |
| JAN | Japanese Accepted Name |
| OS | Official Synonym |
| PH | Pharmacopoeia Name |
| Rec.INN | Recommended International Nonproprietary Name (World Health Organization) |
| USAN | United States Adopted Name |
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