Filgrastim is a short-acting recombinant, non-pegylated human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) analog produced by recombinant DNA technology. It has an amino acid sequence identical to endogenous G-CSF, but it is non-glycosylated unlike the endogenous G-CSF and has an N-terminal methionine added in the sequence for expression in E. Coli. Human G...
Filgrastim is indicated to decrease the incidence of infection‚ as manifested by febrile neutropenia‚ in patients with nonmyeloid malignancies receiving myelosuppressive anti-cancer drugs associated with a significant incidence of severe neutropenia with fever.
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Dongsheng Fan, Beijing, Beijing, China
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Bronson Methodist Hospital, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
University Pediatric Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
NYU Langone Hospital - Long Island, Mineola, New York, United States
Ballad Health Cancer Care - Norton, Norton, Virginia, United States
Providence Hospital, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Saint Bernards Regional Medical Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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