Medicines Safety Alert: Prescribing of ENOXAPARIN Injections
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Wednesday 9th March 2022
Enoxaparin sodium is a biological medicine. Biological medicines must be prescribed and dispensed by brand name.
Biological medicines are medicines that are made by or derived from a biological source using biotechnology processes, such as recombinant DNA technology. The size and complexity of biological medicines, as well as the way they are produced, may result in a degree of variability of the same active substance, particularly in different manufacturers of the medicine.
Biological medicines must be prescribed by brand name and the brand name specified on the prescription should be dispensed in order to avoid inadvertent switching.
If you receive any generic prescriptions for Enoxaparin injection you should dispensed Inhixa.
Inhixa is the product of choice used by the local NHS acute trusts and endorsed by the local prescribing committees.
Inhixa have a number of resources available for the patient:
Self-administration video: https://www.techdow-pharma.co.uk/videoplay.html
Patient ‘how to inject’ leaflet: https://cpsc.org.uk/download_file/view/3416/2409
For more information on Inhixa contact:
Angela Willcocks
Commercial Manager
angela.willcocks@techdow.co.uk