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 University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe-IIS la Fe, Valencia, Spain
UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwuakee, Wisconsin, United States
Department for Medical Oncology University Hospital/Inselspital, Berne, Switzerland
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
The center hospital of Shanghai Fengxian District, Shanghai, China
Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University., Zhengzhou, China
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