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Generic Name: uridine triacetate
Trade Name:
Date Designated: 05/01/2009
Orphan Designation: An antidote in the treatment of 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine poisoning
Orphan Designation Status: Designated/Approved
BTG International Inc.
300 Four Falls Corporate Center, 300 Conshohocken State Road
Suite 300
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428
United States

The sponsor address listed is the last reported by the sponsor to OOPD.

Marketing approved:

1 Generic Name: uridine triacetate
Trade Name:
Marketing Approval Date: 12/11/2015
Approved Labeled Indication: For the emergency treatment of adult and pediatric patients following a fluorouracil or capecitabine overdose regardless of the presence of symptoms, or who exhibit early-onset, severe or life-threatening toxicity affecting the cardiac or central nervous system, and/or early-onset, unusually severe adverse reactions (e.g., gastrointestinal toxicity and/or neutropenia) within 96 hours following the end of fluorouracil or capecitabine administration
Exclusivity End Date: 12/11/2022 
Exclusivity Protected Indication* :  For the emergency treatment of adult and pediatric patients following a fluorouracil or capecitabine overdose regardless of the presence of symptoms, or who exhibit early-onset, severe or life-threatening toxicity affecting the cardiac or central nervous system, and/or early-onset, unusually severe adverse reactions (e.g., gastrointestinal toxicity and/or neutropenia) within 96 hours following the end of fluorouracil or capecitabine administration

*Exclusivity Protected Indications are shown for approvals from 01/01/2013 to the present.
*Data for the Date Designation Withdrawn or Revoked field are shown for designations withdrawn or revoked after 08/12/2013.
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