Fosaprepitant

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Fosaprepitant
Skeletal formula of fosaprepitant
Space-filling model of the fosaprepitant molecule
Clinical data
AHFS/Drugs.com Multum Consumer Information
MedlinePlus a604003
License data
Pregnancy
category
  • US: B (No risk in non-human studies)
Routes of
administration
Intravenous
ATC code
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Legal status
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability n/a
Protein binding >95% (aprepitant)
Metabolism To aprepitant
Biological half-life 9 to 13 hours (aprepitant)
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Chemical and physical data
Formula C23H22F7N4O6P
Molar mass 614.406 g/mol
3D model (Jmol)
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Fosaprepitant (Emend for Injection (US), Ivemend (EU)) is an antiemetic drug, administered intravenously. It is a prodrug of aprepitant.

Fosaprepitant was developed by Merck & Co. and was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on January 25, 2008[1] and by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on January 11 of the same year.[2]

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