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levodopa (Inbrija®)

 

Following non-submission

AWMSG advice

Status: Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)

In the absence of a submission from the holder of the marketing authorisation, levodopa (Inbrija®) cannot be endorsed for use within NHS Wales for the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (off episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson’s disease treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor.

This product is currently not marketed in the UK.

 Statement of Advice (SOA): levodopa (Inbrija) 2719 (PDF, 97Kb)

Medicine details

Medicine name levodopa (Inbrija®)
Formulation 33 mg inhalation powder, hard capsule
Reference number 2719
Indication

For the intermittent treatment of episodic motor fluctuations (off episodes) in adult patients with Parkinson’s disease treated with a levodopa/dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor

Company Acorda Therapeutics Inc
BNF chapter Central nervous system
Submission type Non-submission
Status Not endorsed (Statement of Advice)
Date of issue 16/06/2020
Further information

This product is currently not marketed in the UK.

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