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L01 Antineoplastic agents

ATC group of level 2 – therapeutic subgroup · in plain English: cancer medicines

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 1,025 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

  1. L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents 1,791 medicines
    1. L01 Antineoplastic agents 1,025 medicines
      1. L01A Alkylating agents 123 medicines
      2. L01B Antimetabolites 182 medicines
      3. L01C Plant alkaloids and other natural products, antineoplastic drugs 97 medicines
      4. L01D Cytotoxic antibiotics and related substances 42 medicines
      5. L01E Protein kinase inhibitors, antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents 353 medicines
      6. L01X Other antineoplastic agents 225 medicines

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Fluorouracil 5% w/w cream, Efudix 5% w/w cream (L01BC02 fluorouracil) Prescription only (POM)
Fluorouracil 50 mg / ml injection SPC no longer supplied (L01BC02 fluorouracil) –
Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml solution for injection/infusion SPC (L01BC02 fluorouracil) –
Fluorouracil 50 mg/ml, solution for injection or infusion (L01BC02 fluorouracil) –
Fluorouracil injection 25 mg/ml, solution for injection SPC (L01BC02 fluorouracil) –
Fluorouracil injection 50 mg / ml solution for injection (L01BC02 fluorouracil) –
Foscan SPC (L01XD05 temoporfin) Prescription only (POM)
Fotivda 1340 micrograms hard capsules SPC (L01EK03 tivozanib) Prescription only (POM)
Fotivda 890 micrograms hard capsules SPC (L01EK03 tivozanib) Prescription only (POM)
Gazyvaro 1 000 mg concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01XC15 obinutuzumab) Prescription only (POM)
Gefitinib 250 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB01 gefitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Gefitinib Accord 250 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB01 gefitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Gefitinib Glenmark 250 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB01 gefitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Gefitinib Mylan 250 mg film-coated tablets (L01EB01 gefitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Gefitinib Sandoz 250 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (L01EB01 gefitinib) –
Gemcitabine 1 g powder for solution for infusion (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 10 mg / ml solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 100 mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 1000 mg powder for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 2 g powder for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) Prescription only (POM)
Gemcitabine 200 mg powder for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 38 mg / ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 38 mg / ml powder for solution for infusion SPC (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Gemcitabine 40 mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion (L01BC05 gemcitabine) –
Giotrif 20 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB03 afatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Giotrif 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB03 afatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Giotrif 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB03 afatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Giotrif 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (L01EB03 afatinib) –
Gliadel 7.7 mg implant SPC (L01AD01 carmustine) Prescription only (POM)
Gliolan SPC (L01XD04 aminolevulinic acid) Prescription only (POM)
Gliolan 30 mg / ml powder for oral solution SPC (L01XD04 aminolevulinic acid) Prescription only (POM)
Glivec 100 mg film-coated tablets (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Glivec 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Halaven 0.44 mg / ml solution for injection SPC (L01XX41 eribulin) –
Hanixol 50 mg tablets SPC (L01BB02 mercaptopurine) Prescription only (POM)
Herceptin 150 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01XC03 trastuzumab) Prescription only (POM)
Herceptin 600 mg solution for injection in vial SPC (L01XC03 trastuzumab) Prescription only (POM)
Herzuma 150 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01XC03 trastuzumab) Prescription only (POM)
Herzuma 420 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01XC03 trastuzumab) Prescription only (POM)
Hycamtin 0.25 mg hard capsules SPC no longer supplied (L01CE01 topotecan) –
Hycamtin 1 mg hard capsules SPC (L01CE01 topotecan) Prescription only (POM)
Hycamtin 1 mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion SPC no longer supplied (L01CE01 topotecan) –
Hydrea 500 mg hard capsules SPC no longer supplied (L01XX05 hydroxycarbamide) –
Hydroxycarbamide 100 mg/ml oral solution SPC (L01XX05 hydroxycarbamide) Prescription only (POM)
Hydroxycarbamide 500 mg hard capsules SPC (L01XX05 hydroxycarbamide) Prescription only (POM)
Hydroxycarbamide Medac 500 mg capsule hard SPC (L01XX05 hydroxycarbamide) Prescription only (POM)
Ibrance 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EF01 palbociclib) Prescription only (POM)
Ibrance 100 mg hard capsules not available (L01EF01 palbociclib) –
Ibrance 125 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EF01 palbociclib) Prescription only (POM)
Ibrance 125 mg hard capsules not available (L01EF01 palbociclib) –
Ibrance 75 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EF01 palbociclib) Prescription only (POM)
Ibrance 75 mg hard capsules SPC no longer supplied (L01EF01 palbociclib) –
Iclusig SPC no longer supplied (L01EA05 ponatinib) –
Iclusig 15 mg film-coated tablets (L01EA05 ponatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Iclusig 30 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA05 ponatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Iclusig 45 mg film-coated tablets SPC no longer supplied (L01EA05 ponatinib) –
Idarubicin 1 mg/ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01DB06 idarubicin) –
Idarubicin 10 mg / 10 ml solution for injection SPC (L01DB06 idarubicin) –
Idarubicin 20 mg/20 ml solution for injection SPC (L01DB06 idarubicin) –
Idarubicin 5 mg / 5 ml solution for injection SPC (L01DB06 idarubicin) –
Ifosfamide injection 1 g SPC (L01AA06 ifosfamide) Prescription only (POM)
Ifosfamide injection 2 g SPC (L01AA06 ifosfamide) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 100 mg capsules hard SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 100 mg dispersible tablets (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 400 mg capsules hard SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib 600 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Accord 100 mg film coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Accord 400 mg film coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Actavis SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) –
Imatinib Altan 100 mg hard capsules SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib DR. Reddys 100 mg capsules hard SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib DR. Reddys 400 mg capsules hard SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Grindeks 100 mg hard capsules SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Koanaa SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) –
Imatinib Milpharm 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Teva SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) –
Imatinib Teva 400 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imatinib Tillomed 100 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EA01 imatinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imbruvica 140 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EL01 ibrutinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imbruvica 140 mg hard capsules SPC no longer supplied (L01EL01 ibrutinib) –
Imbruvica 280 mg film-coated tablets (L01EL01 ibrutinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imbruvica 420 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EL01 ibrutinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imbruvica 560 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EL01 ibrutinib) Prescription only (POM)
Imfinzi 50 mg / ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01XC28 durvalumab) –
Imlygic SPC (L01XX51 talimogene laherparepvec) Prescription only (POM)
Imlygic 1X10e6 Pfu/ml solution for injection SPC (L01XX51 talimogene laherparepvec) Prescription only (POM)
Imlygic 1X10e8 Pfu/ml solution for injection SPC (L01XX51 talimogene laherparepvec) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta SPC (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta 1 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta 3 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta 5 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta 5 mg Fiml-coated tablets (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inlyta 7 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EK01 axitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Inrebic 100 mg capsule hard SPC (L01EJ02 fedratinib) Prescription only (POM)
Iressa 250 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L01EB01 gefitinib) Prescription only (POM)
Irinotecan 1.5 mg / ml solution for infusion SPC (L01CE02 irinotecan) –
Irinotecan 20 mg / ml concentrate for solution for infusion (L01CE02 irinotecan) –
Irinotecan Hydrochloide 20 mg / ml concentrate for solution for infusion SPC (L01CE02 irinotecan) –

Sources

  • Patient leaflets and SPCs: the MHRA product information (products.mhra.gov.uk) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA)
  • Active substances, ATC codes and legal categories: the NHS Dictionary of Medicines and Devices (dm+d), NHS Business Services Authority
  • World Health Organization (WHO): ATC/DDD classification, group L01

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