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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Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, La Jolla, California, United States
Charles R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York, United States
Madigan Army Medical Center - Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/MIRT, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/MIRT, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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