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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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
UMASS Memorial Cancer Center - University Campus, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at the Cooper University Hospital - Voorhees, Voorhees, New Jersey, United States
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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