ReportontheDeliberationResults
December6,2017
PharmaceuticalEvaluationDivision,PharmaceuticalSafetyandEnvironmentalHealthBureau
MinistryofHealth,Labour,andWelfare
BrandNameSolirisforIntravenousInfusion300mg
Non-proprietaryNameEculizumab(GeneticalRecombination)(JAN*)
ApplicantAlexionPharmaGodoKaisha
DateofApplicationMarch22,2017
ResultsofDeliberation
InitsmeetingheldonDecember4,2017,theFirstCommitteeonNewDrugsconcludedthatthepartial
changeapplicationfortheproductmaybeapprovedandthatthisresultshouldbepresentedtothe
PharmaceuticalAffairsDepartmentofthePharmaceuticalAffairsandFoodSanitationCouncil.
There-examinationperiodis10years.
ConditionsofApproval
1.Theapplicantisrequiredtodevelopandappropriatelyimplementariskmanagementplan.
2.BecausedatafromJapaneseclinicalstudiesarelimited,theapplicantisrequiredtoconductause-
resultssurveyoveraspecifiedperiod,coveringallpatientstreatedwiththeproduct,tounderstand
thecharacteristicsofpatientstreatedwiththeproductandtoobtainsafetyandefficacydatasoasto
takenecessarymeasuresfortheproducttobeusedproperly.
3.Theapplicantisrequiredtotakenecessarypost-marketingmeasuressothattheproductis
administeredonlyunderthesupervisionofphysiciansandatmedicalinstitutionswithexpertisein
thediagnosisandtreatmentofgeneralizedmyastheniagravisandcapabilityformanagingtherisks,
etc.oftheproduct,andonly