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| Last update | 2007-05 | 2007-05 | 2010-02 | |||||||
| Company | Biotest Pharma GmbH | LFB | Octapharma | |||||||
| Name of product | Intraglobin® F | TEGELINE | Octagam 5% | |||||||
| Available for Hospital therapy | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Available for Home therapy | not available for home therapy | Yes | Depends on legal situation, may be used at home in general | |||||||
| IVIG, SCIG or IMIG | IVIG | IVIG | IVIG | |||||||
| Patient´s age | unlimited | None | Children and adults | |||||||
| Présentation | ready-to-use solution | Lyoph. | Liquid | |||||||
| Concentration % | 5% solution | 5% | 5% | |||||||
| Content of IgG | ≥ 95% | > 97% | ≥ 95% | |||||||
| IgG1 | 62% | 58.80% | 62,2% ± 2,2 | |||||||
| IgG2 | 34% | 34.10% | 31,1% ± 2,3 | |||||||
| IgG3 | 0.5% | 5.40% | 6,1% ± 1,6 | |||||||
| IgG4 | 3.5% | 1.70% | 1,2 % ± 0,2 | |||||||
| Content of IgA | ≤ 2.5 mg/ml | 17 mg/ g of proteins | ≤ 0.2 mg/mL | |||||||
| Glucose, Maltose,… | glucose 25 mg | Saccharose : 2 g/g of proteins | Maltose 10% | |||||||
| Average dosage for PID | initial 0.4 - 0.8 g/kg, followed by 0.2 -0.8 g/kg | 0.4 to 0.8 g/kg | 0.4 g/kg b.w. | |||||||
| Max. Speed of infusion | 2.2 mg/ml per hour | 4 mL / kg / h | 5 ml/kg/hour | |||||||
| Intervals of infusion for PID | dependent on the individual serum IgG level between 2 and 4 weeks | Every 2 to 4 weeks | every 3 to 4 weeks | |||||||
| Preserving | storage in refrigerator (+2 to +8 0C) - shelf-life: 2 years | < 25 ° C | Below 25°C | |||||||
| Time for reconstitution | < 30 min. | none | ||||||||
| Packaging* | containers with 20, 50, 100 or 200 ml | 0,5 g - 2,5 g - 5 g - 10 g | 1g, 2.5g, 5g, 10g | |||||||
| * May be different from country to country | ||||||||||