| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | |||||||||||
| Last update | 2010-02 | 2010-02 | 2008-04 | 2010-02 | 2008-04 | ||||||
| Company | CSL-Behring | CSL-Behring | Grifols | Octapharma | Octapharma | ||||||
| Name of product | Privigen | Vivaglobin | Flebogamma | Octagam 5% | Gammanorm | ||||||
| Available for Hospital therapy | Registered | Registered | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Available for Home therapy | No | Yes | Depends on legal situation, may be used at home in general | Yes | |||||||
| IVIG, SCIG or IMIG | IVIG | SCIG | IVIG | IVIG | SCIG | ||||||
| Patient´s age | Adults and children | Adults and children | Children and adults | Children and adults | |||||||
| Présentation | Liquid | Liquid | Liquid | Liquid | Liquid | ||||||
| Concentration % | 10% | 16% | 5% | 5% | 16.5 % | ||||||
| Content of IgG | ≥ 98% | IgG monomers & dimers 97-97% • IgG polymers 3-5% | ≥ 99% | ≥ 95% | ≥ 95% | ||||||
| IgG1 | 67.8% | 61% | 70.3% | 62,2% ± 2,2 | 59% | ||||||
| IgG2 | 28.7% | 28% | 24.7% | 31,1% ± 2,3 | 36% | ||||||
| IgG3 | 2.3% | 5% | 3.1% | 6,1% ± 1,6 | 4.5% | ||||||
| IgG4 | 1.2% | 6% | 2% | 1,2 % ± 0,2 | 0.5% | ||||||
| Content of IgA | ≤ 0,025 mg/ml | 0.39-1.17 g/l | <0,05 mg/ml | ≤ 0.2 mg/mL | max. 0,0825 mg/ml | ||||||
| Glucose, Maltose,… | L-proline (natural amino acid) - Contains no sugar | Glycine | Maltose 10% | Glycine | |||||||
| Average dosage for PID | 0.2-0.8g/kg bodyweight | 0.2-0.8g/kg bodyweight | 0.4 g/kg b.w. | 0.1 g/kg | |||||||
| Max. Speed of infusion | 4.8 ml/kg bw/hr - If well tolerated Up to 7.2 ml/kg bw/hr. | About 22ml/hour | 5 ml/kg/hour | 40 ml/hour using two pumps simultaneously | |||||||
| Intervals of infusion for PID | Usually every 2-4 weeks | usually weekly | every 3 to 4 weeks | weekly (flexible) | |||||||
| Preserving | • 2 years • Do not store above 25 °C. • Do not freeze. • Keep the vial in the outer carton in order to protect from light. | 3 years | Between +2ºC and +25ºC. Do not freeze. Discard after expiration date. | Between 2- 25°C | 2 years between 2 and 8 °C - 1 month under 25°C | ||||||
| Time for reconstitution | none | none | none | none | none | ||||||
| Packaging* | 2g, 5g, 10g, 20g | 3g, 10g, 20g | 1g, 2.5g, 5g, 10g | 10 ml (packs of 1, 10 or 20) | |||||||
| * May be different from country to country | |||||||||||