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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University of Washington/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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