Patient info

L02BB Anti-androgen hormone antagonists and related agents

ATC group of level 4 – chemical subgroup · in plain English: hormone treatment of cancer

This site has the patient leaflet or the SPC of 21 medicines in this group and its subgroups.

Place in the ATC classification

How to read ATC codes – what the levels mean and what a code does not tell you.

  1. L Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents 1,791 medicines
    1. L02 Endocrine therapy antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents 131 medicines
      1. L02B Hormone antagonists and related agents 87 medicines
        1. L02BB Anti-androgen hormone antagonists and related agents 21 medicines
          1. L02BB01 flutamide 2 medicines
          2. L02BB03 bicalutamide 7 medicines
          3. L02BB04 enzalutamide 9 medicines
          4. L02BB05 apalutamide 2 medicines
          5. L02BB06 darolutamide 1 medicine

1 more subgroup has no medicine with a leaflet on this site.

Active substances in the group

Medicines in the group and its subgroups

MedicineLegal category
Bicalutamide 150 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Bicalutamide 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Bicalutamide 50 mg film-coated tablets, Casodex 50 mg tablets (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Bicalutamide 50 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (L02BB03 bicalutamide) –
Casodex 150 mg film-coated tablets (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Casodex 50 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Casodex 50 mg film-coated tablets, Bicalutamide 50 mg film-coated tablets (L02BB03 bicalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Enzalutamide 160 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) –
Enzalutamide 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Enzalutamide 40 mg soft capsules SPC not available (L02BB04 enzalutamide) –
Enzalutamide 80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) –
Enzalutamide Sandoz 40 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Enzalutamide Sandoz 80 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) –
Erleada 240 mg film-coated tablets (L02BB05 apalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Erleada 60 mg film-coated tablets SPC (L02BB05 apalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Flutamide 250 mg tablets SPC no longer supplied (L02BB01 flutamide) –
Flutamide tablets 250 mg SPC (L02BB01 flutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Nubeqa 300 mg film-coated tablets SPC Prescription only (POM)
Xtandi 40 mg film-coated tablets (L02BB04 enzalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Xtandi 40 mg Flim-coated tablets SPC (L02BB04 enzalutamide) Prescription only (POM)
Xtandi 40 mg soft capsules SPC no longer supplied (L02BB04 enzalutamide) –

Other groups of the same level

Other names of the ATC group

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 L02BB

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