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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Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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