Fluorouracil

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

In the US, Fluorouracil (fluorouracil systemic) is a member of the drug class antimetabolites and is used to treat Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer - Palliative, Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer and Stomach Cancer.

US matches:

• Fluorouracil


• Fluorouracil Cream


• Fluorouracil injection


• Fluorouracil topical


• Fluorouracil Intravenous, Injection


• Fluorouracil Topical Solution

UK matches:

• Fluorouracil 25 mg/ml Injection (Hospira UK Ltd) (SPC)
• Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml Injection (Hospira UK Ltd) (SPC)
• Fluorouracil Injection BP 50mg/ml (SPC)
• Fluorouracil Injection, 25 mg / ml, solution for injection (SPC)
• Fluorouracil Injection, 50 mg / ml, solution for injection (Medac UK) (SPC)

Scheme

Rec.INN

ATC (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification)

L01BC02

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0000051-21-8

Chemical Formula

C4-H3-F-N2-O2

Molecular Weight

130

Therapeutic Category

Antineoplastic agent, antimetabolite

Chemical Name

2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 5-fluoro-

Foreign Names

• Fluorouracilum (Latin)
• Fluorouracil (German)
• Fluorouracil (French)
• Fluorouracilo (Spanish)

Generic Names

• Fluorouracil (OS: JAN, USAN, DCF, BAN)
• Fluorouracile (OS: DCIT)
• 5-Fluoruracil (IS)
• 5-FU (IS: KyowaHakko)
• Ro 2-9757 (IS)
• Fluorouracil (PH: BP 2010, Ph. Eur. 6, Ph. Int. 4, USP 32, JP XIV)
• Fluorouracile (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Fluorouracilum (PH: Ph. Int. 4, Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• 5 FU-cell
  Cell pharm, Germany



• 5-Fluorouracil Ebewe
  Ebewe, Austria; Ebewe, Austria; Ebewe, Bulgaria; Ebewe, Czech Republic; Ebewe, Georgia; Ebewe, Hong Kong; Ebewe, Hungary; Ebewe, Indonesia; Ebewe, Israel; Ebewe, Latvia; Ebewe, Myanmar; Ebewe, Poland; Ebewe, Romania; Ebewe, Serbia; Ebewe, Russian Federation; Ebewe, Slovenia; Ebewe, Vietnam; Ferron, Indonesia; Liba, Turkey; OncoCorp, Germany



• 5-Fluorouracil Hexal
  Hexal, Germany



• 5-Fluorouracil
  Ebewe, Tunisia



• 5-Fluorouracil-DBL
  Orna, Turkey



• 5-FU Hexal
  Hexal, Bulgaria; Hexal, Germany



• 5-FU Kyowa
  Kyowa, Singapore; Kyowa, Thailand



• 5-FU Lederle
  Wyeth, Bulgaria



• 5-FU medac
  Medac, Germany



• 5-Fu Tablets Kyowa 100
  Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, Vietnam



• 5-FU
  Kyowa, Malaysia; Onko-Koçsel, Turkey



• Abic Fluorouracil
  Teva Pharmaceuticals, South Africa



• Alphauracil
  OncoCorp, Germany



• Benda-5 FU
  Bendalis, Germany



• Benton
  Asahi Kasei, Japan



• Carac
  Dermik, United States; Sanofi-Aventis, United States



• Carzonal
  Tobishi, Japan



• Curacil
  Kalbe, Indonesia



• Efudex
  Valeant, Canada; Valeant, United States



• Efudix
  ICN, Bulgaria; ICN, Israel; ICN, Luxembourg; ICN, Poland; ICN, Romania; ICN, Serbia; Meda, Belgium; Meda, France; Meda, United Kingdom; Meda Pharma, Slovakia; Pharmaco, South Africa; Raffo, Chile; Valeant, Argentina; Valeant, Australia; Valeant, Costa Rica; Valeant, Germany; Valeant, Dominican Republic; Valeant, Guatemala; Valeant, Honduras; Valeant, Hungary; Valeant, Ireland; Valeant, Malta; Valeant, Mexico; Valeant, Nicaragua; Valeant, Netherlands; Valeant, New Zealand; Valeant, Panama; Valeant, Peru; Valeant, Singapore; Valeant, El Salvador; Valeant, Taiwan; Valeant Pharmaceuticals Switzerland GmbH, Switzerland



• Efudix (veterinary use)
  Valeant, United Kingdom



• Efurix
  Valeant, Brazil



• Euroflor
  Lapharm, Germany



• Fivefluro
  GlaxoSmithKline, India



• Fivoflu
  Dabur, Sri Lanka; Dabur, Philippines



• Fivolu
  Dabur, Myanmar



• Fluoro Uracil
  Valeant, Spain



• Fluoroplex
  Allergan, United States



• Fluorosachs
  Oncosachs, Germany



• Fluorosindan
  Sindan, Romania



• Fluorouacil Teva
  Teva, Latvia; Teva, Netherlands



• Fluorouracil Abic
  Abic, Hong Kong



• Fluorouracil Abraxis
  Abraxis, Switzerland



• Fluorouracil Aeon
  Aeon, Greece



• Fluorouracil DBL
  Hospira, Indonesia; Hospira, Singapore; Mayne, Hong Kong; Mayne, Malaysia; Tempo Scan Pacific, Indonesia



• Fluorouracil Ebewe
  Ebewe, Estonia; Ebewe, Lithuania; InterPharma, New Zealand; Pharmanel, Greece; Sandoz, Switzerland



• Fluorouracil Injection BP
  Hospira, Australia; Hospira, New Zealand; Pfizer, New Zealand; PfizerPerth, Australia



• Fluorouracil Mayne
  Hospira, Norway



• Fluoro-Uracil Meda Pharma
  Meda, France



• Fluorouracil medac
  Medac, Poland



• Fluorouracil Pliva
  Pliva, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Pliva, Croatia (Hrvatska)



• Fluorouracil Teva
  Teva, Sweden



• Fluoro-Uracil Valeant
  Valeant Pharmaceuticals Switzerland GmbH, Switzerland



• Fluorouracil
  APP, United States; Ebewe, United States; Generamedix, United States; Hospira, Canada; ICN, Poland; Mayne, Ireland; Medac, United Kingdom; Pfizer, Ecuador; Pharmachemie, Taiwan; Pliva, Bosnia & Herzegowina; Pliva, Poland; Santa, Greece; Spear, United States; Taro, United States; Teva, Israel; Teva USA, United States; Valeant, Taiwan; Valeant, United States



• Fluoro-Uracil
  ICN, Bahrain; ICN, Poland; ICN, Romania; Roche, Ethiopia; Valeant, Brazil; Valeant, Hong Kong



• Fluorouracile Hospira
  Hospira, Italy



• Fluorouracile ICN
  CSP, France



• Fluoro-Uracile ICN
  Valeant, Italy



• Fluorouracile Mayne
  Mayne, Denmark



• Fluorouracile Merck
  Merck Génériques, Tunisia



• Fluorouracile Mylan
  Mylan, France



• Fluorouracile Teva
  IFET, Greece; Teva, Italy; Teva Santé, France



• Fluorouracile Winthrop
  Sanofi-Aventis, France



• Fluorouracil-Faulding
  Pharmaplan, South Africa



• Fluorouracil-GRY
  Teva-Gry, Germany



• Fluorouracilo Carrion
  Carrion, Peru



• Fluorouracilo Deutsche Pharma
  Deutsche Pharma, Peru



• Fluorouracilo Ferrer Farma
  Ferrer, Spain; IFET, Greece



• Fluorouracilo Filaxis
  Filaxis, Argentina



• Fluorouracilo Martian
  LKM, Argentina



• Fluorouracilo Palmagyar
  Palmagyar, Peru



• Fluorouracilo Pfizer
  Pfizer, Peru



• Fluorouracilo Rontag
  Rontag, Argentina



• Fluorouracilo
  Baxter, Chile; Kampar, Chile; Pfizer, Colombia; Teva, Argentina



• Fluorouracil-Teva
  Teva, Czech Republic; Teva, Hungary; Teva, Lithuania



• Fluoruracilo Farma-Aps
  Aps, Portugal



• Flurablastin
  Pfizer, Denmark; Pfizer, Finland; Pfizer, Iceland; Pfizer, Norway



• Fluracedyl
  Combiphar, Indonesia; Pharmachemie, Indonesia; Pharmachemie, Malaysia; Pharmachemie, Netherlands; Pharmachemie, South Africa; Teva, Belgium



• Fluracil
  Biochem, India



• Fluroblastin
  Pfizer, Philippines; Pfizer, Venezuela; Pfizer, South Africa



• Fluroblastine
  Pfizer, Belgium; Pfizer, Luxembourg



• Fluroplex
  Allergan, United States



• Ftoruracil-Lens
  Verofarm, Georgia



• Haemato-fu
  Haemato, Germany



• La-Fu
  Pliva, Czech Republic; Pliva, Slovakia



• Lunachol DS
  Sawai Seiyaku, Japan



• Lunapon
  Sawai Seiyaku, Japan



• Neofluor
  NeoCorp, Germany



• Oncouracil
  Koçak, Turkey



• Onkofluor
  Hospira, Germany



• Ribofluor
  Hikma, Germany



• Triosules
  Microsules, Argentina



• Uraciflor
  Medicus, Greece



• Utoral
  Korea United Pharm, Georgia



• Verrumal
  Hermal, Austria



• Verrumal (Fluorouracil and Salicylic Acid)
  Almirall, Switzerland; Almirall Hermal, Germany; Hermal, Poland; Hermal, Slovakia



• Fluor-Uracil
  Valeant, Chile



• Fluroblastine
  Pfizer, Luxembourg

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Glossary

BAN	British Approved Name
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)
SPC	Summary of Product Characteristics (UK)
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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