Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

B01AB12

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0009041-08-1

Therapeutic Categories

Anticoagulant agent

Heparin, low molecular weight - LMWH

Chemical Name

Sodium salt of depolymerized heparin obtained by alkaline degradation of quaternary ammonium salt of heparin from pork intestinal mucosa; the majority of the components have a 2-O-sulfo-4-enepyranosuronic acid structure at the non-reducing end and a 2-N.6-O-disulfo-D-glucosamine structure at the reducing end of their chain; the average relative molecular mass is about 3600 (3000 to 4200); the degree of sulfatation is about 2 per disaccharidic unit. (WHO )

Foreign Names

• Bemiparinum natricum (Latin)
• Bemiparin natrium (German)
• Bemiparine sodique (French)
• Bemiparina sodica (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Ardeparin Sodium (OS: USAN)
• Bemiparin Sodium (OS: BAN)
• Heparin, low-molecular-weight, second generation (IS)
• UNII-N3927D01PB (IS)

Brand Names

• Badyket
  Menarini, Costa Rica; Menarini, Dominican Republic; Menarini, Guatemala; Menarini, Honduras; Menarini, Nicaragua; Menarini, Panama; Menarini, El Salvador
• Entervit
  Gineladius, Spain
• Hepadrem
  Rovi, Spain
• Heporax
  UCB de Mexico, Mexico
• Hibor
  Dem Ilac, Turkey; Gobbi-Novag, Argentina; Hikma, Oman; Rovi, Spain
• Ivor
  Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite, Italy; Vianex, Greece
• Ivor 25.000 IE Anti-Xa/ml
  Gineladius, Austria
• Ivor 2500 IE Anti-Xa/0,2 ml
  Frosst Iberica, Austria
• Ivor 3500 IE Anti-Xa/0,2 ml
  Frosst Iberica, Austria
• Ivormax
  Vianex, Greece
• Phivor
  Frosst Ibérica, Spain
• Zibor
  A. Menarini, Estonia; Frosst Iberica, Poland; Frosst Ibérica, Romania; Ilsung, South Korea; Menarini, Czech Republic; Menarini, Lithuania; Menarini, Latvia; Rovi, Bulgaria; Rovi, Georgia
• Zibor 2500 NE anti Xa/0.2 ml
  Frosst Iberica, Hungary
• Zibor 3500 NE anti Xa/0.2 ml
  Frosst Iberica, Hungary

Glossary

Further information on drug naming conventions: International Nonproprietary Names.