Porfimer Sodium

The purified component of hematoporphyrin derivative, it consists of a mixture of oligomeric porphyrins. It is used in photodynamic therapy (hematoporphyrin photoradiation); to treat malignant lesions with visible light and experimentally as an antiviral agent. It is the first drug to be approved in the use of photodynamic therapy in the United States.

临床上用于对不能用手术及其他根治疗法的肺、子宫颈癌或需非手术治疗的患者，在内镜下能观察到病灶的全貌、可能进行激光照射的下列疾病：早期肺癌（0期或Ⅰ期）、浅表性食管癌、浅表性早期胃癌、宫颈癌初期及发育异常。