Thymalfasin for Injection

Thymalfasin for injection (JITIDE®), for subcutaneous or for intravenous use

Note: the content below do not include all the information needed to use Thymalfasin for injection safely and effectively. Please read the package insert carefully and follow the doctors’ instructions before use the product.

THERAPEUTIC INDICATION

JITIDE is used in adults as influenza vaccination adjuvant for immunocompromised subjects.

POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION

Posology

Administer, subcutaneously or intramuscularly, one vial twice a week for four weeks starting at time 0 (first vaccination).

The treatment will be repeated with the same dosage plan from the eighth (second vaccination) to the twelfth week.

Method of administration

The lyophilised powder has to be reconstituted with 1 ml of the solvent (Water for Injections); the solution must be administered immediately after reconstitution.

Paediatric population

Data about the use of thymalfasin in children and adolescents do not exist or they are limited; therefore the use of JITIDE is not recommended in children and adolescents.

DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS

For injection: 1.6 mg of Thymalfasin as a lyophilized powder in a single-dose vial for reconstitution