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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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
ICO Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
Hospital Universitari Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
University of Kentucky/Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Dartmouth Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation , Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, LYON cedex 03, France
Reference center for toxic bullous dermatoses and severe drug eruptions, Edouard Herriot Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Seraph Research Institute, Toluca Lake, California, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
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