Brivaracetam

Highest phase reached
Drug type
Small molecule
First approval year

First approval year
Listing at source
Listed
Highest phase reached

Drug type
Small molecule
Drug name
Brivaracetam
Molecular weight
Structure (SMILES)
CCC[C@@H]1CC(=O)N([C@@H](CC)C(N)=O)C1

  • briviact
  • Briviact
  • Briviact (in italy: nubriveo)
  • Briviact (in italy: nubriveo)
  • briviact in italy nubriveo

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  • brivaracetam
  • Brivaracetam
  • BRIVARACETAM
  • Brivaracetam (BRV)
  • Brivaracetam (BRV) intravenous (iv)
  • Brivaracetam (BRV) oral
  • brivaracetam (BRV) tablet
  • Brivaracetam (ucb 34714)
  • Brivaracetam (ucb34714)
  • Brivaracetam [EP MONOGRAPH]
  • brivaracetam [INN]
  • BRIVARACETAM [JAN]
  • BRIVARACETAM [MART.]
  • BRIVARACETAM [MI]
  • BRIVARACETAM [ORANGE BOOK]
  • BRIVARACETAM [USAN]
  • Brivaracetam [WHO-DD]
  • Brivaracetam 10 mg
  • Brivaracetam 10 mg oral tablet
  • Brivaracetam 100 mg oral tablet
  • Brivaracetam 2.5 mg
  • Brivaracetam 25 mg
  • Brivaracetam 50 mg
  • Brivaracetam 50 mg oral tablet

And 32 more, listed on the interactive page.

ATC classification codes
  • N03AX23
Sources for recorded values
CAS registry numbers
  • 357336-20-0
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL607400
InChIKey
MSYKRHVOOPPJKU-BDAKNGLRSA-N
PubChem compound IDs
  • 9837243
RxNorm IDs (RxCUI)
  • 1739745
FDA ingredient codes (UNII)
  • U863JGG2IA

Applicant
UCB INC
Approval date
18 Feb 2016
Application number
NDA205836

Status
Authorised
Status date
13 Jan 2016
Authorisation date
13 Jan 2016
Approved indications
Briviact is indicated as adjunctive therapy in the treatment of partial-onset seizures with or without secondary generalisation in adult and adolescent patients from 16 years of age with epilepsy.
Product number
EMEA/H/C/003898
Authorisation holder
UCB Pharma SA
Priority medicines scheme
No
Generic
No
Biosimilar
No
Generic medicines
0
Biosimilar medicines
0
Advanced therapy
No
Conditional approval
No
Additional monitoring
No
Accelerated assessment
No
Exceptional circumstances
No

Therapeutic areas

  • Epilepsy
European medicines record

Patents
4
Designations
1
Earliest recorded loss of exclusivity
9 Apr 2030
First in class
No
Fast track
No
Breakthrough designation
No
Orphan designation
No
Priority review
No
Orphan exclusivity
No
Accelerated approval
No
Availability
Prescription only

Pharmacology name
brivaracetam
Type
Synthetic organic
Drug name stem
-racetam
Approval recorded by Guide to Pharmacology
Yes

Administration routes

  • Oral
  • Parenteral

Mechanisms of action

  • Mechanism
    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A modulator
    Action type
    MODULATOR
    Target
    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A
    Protein identifier
    Q7L0J3

Open Targets mechanisms

  • Mechanism
    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A modulator
    Action type
    MODULATOR
    Target
    Synaptic vesicle glycoprotein 2A

DrugCentral mechanisms

  • Action type
    MODULATOR
    Gene symbol
    SV2A
    Protein identifier
    Q7L0J3
    Organism
    Homo sapiens
    Target development level
    Clinical

  • Condition
    Epilepsy
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0000474
    Subject identifier
    D004827
  • Condition
    Brain Neoplasms
    Highest recorded phase
    0.5
    Condition identifier
    EFO:0003833
    Subject identifier
    D001932
  • Condition
    Spinal Cord Injuries
    Highest recorded phase
    1
    Condition identifier
    EFO:1001919
    Subject identifier
    D013119
  • Condition
    Epilepsy
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    HP:0001250
    Subject identifier
    D004827
  • Condition
    Seizures
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    HP:0001250
    Subject identifier
    D012640
  • Condition
    Seizures
    Highest recorded phase
    4
    Condition identifier
    HP:0007359
    Subject identifier
    D012640
  • Condition
    Epilepsy, Absence
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0010826
    Subject identifier
    D004832
  • Condition
    Neuralgia, Postherpetic
    Highest recorded phase
    2
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0041052
    Subject identifier
    D051474
  • Condition
    Epilepsy, Absence
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    MONDO:0800453
    Subject identifier
    D004832
  • Condition
    Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome
    Highest recorded phase
    3
    Condition identifier
    Orphanet:308
    Subject identifier
    D020194

  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0000474
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0003833
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0005762
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    EFO_0008526
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001250
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001250
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0001336
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0002197
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0002384
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0002384
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0007359
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0007359
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    HP_0012531
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0004975
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005027
    Highest recorded phase
    4
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0005384
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0010826
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0015643
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0021211
    Highest recorded phase
    1
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0041052
    Highest recorded phase
    2
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0043797
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0043797
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    MONDO_0800453
    Highest recorded phase
    3
  • Condition identifier
    Orphanet_308
    Highest recorded phase
    3

  • Event
    abnormal behaviour
    Reports
    21
    Reporting signal score
    26.7955
  • Event
    affective disorder
    Reports
    15
    Reporting signal score
    37.7191
  • Event
    aggression
    Reports
    72
    Reporting signal score
    159.29
  • Event
    anger
    Reports
    19
    Reporting signal score
    31.7371
  • Event
    anxiety
    Reports
    42
    Reporting signal score
    25.1363
  • Event
    anxiety disorder
    Reports
    7
    Reporting signal score
    18.1887
  • Event
    arthralgia
    Reports
    1
    Reporting signal score
    16.5132
  • Event
    atonic seizures
    Reports
    7
    Reporting signal score
    27.2052
  • Event
    aura
    Reports
    16
    Reporting signal score
    64.7398
  • Event
    balance disorder
    Reports
    20
    Reporting signal score
    16.5868
  • Event
    behaviour disorder
    Reports
    21
    Reporting signal score
    74.3062
  • Event
    brain operation
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    21.1818
  • Event
    carbon monoxide poisoning
    Reports
    3
    Reporting signal score
    12.6131
  • Event
    change in seizure presentation
    Reports
    5
    Reporting signal score
    20.8715
  • Event
    deja vu
    Reports
    3
    Reporting signal score
    13.1719
  • Event
    depression
    Reports
    71
    Reporting signal score
    73.9545
  • Event
    diarrhoea
    Reports
    10
    Reporting signal score
    13.3141
  • Event
    dizziness
    Reports
    76
    Reporting signal score
    31.7699
  • Event
    drug level fluctuating
    Reports
    4
    Reporting signal score
    12.0275
  • Event
    dystonia
    Reports
    10
    Reporting signal score
    12.4275
  • Event
    epilepsy
    Reports
    25
    Reporting signal score
    36.491
  • Event
    fatigue
    Reports
    74
    Reporting signal score
    13.8217
  • Event
    feeling drunk
    Reports
    6
    Reporting signal score
    11.807
  • Event
    focal dyscognitive seizures
    Reports
    20
    Reporting signal score
    95.3588
  • Event
    generalised tonic-clonic seizure
    Reports
    72
    Reporting signal score
    221.351

And 33 more, listed on the interactive page.

And 10 more, listed on the interactive page.

Dose
50 mg
Route
Oral
How often
Twice daily

Hydrogen bond acceptors
2
Hydrogen bond donors
1
Polar surface area
63.4
Calculated partition coefficient (ALogP)
0.9
Calculated partition coefficient (XLogP)
1
Prodrug
No
Chirality
Single enantiomer
Inorganic
No
Rule-of-five violations
0
Rotatable bonds
5
Heavy atoms
15
Molecular formula
C11H20N2O2
Monoisotopic mass
212.152477885
Natural product
Yes

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  • 70748-411
  • 71921-410
  • 72205-033
  • 72205-267
  • 72205-268
  • 72205-269
  • 72205-270

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Recorded assays
29
Active assays
1

Active assay types

  • Other

Oral bioavailability

Median
100
Mean
100
Minimum
100
Maximum
100
Unit
%
Assays
1
Standard deviation
0
Summary method
median
Censored results excluded
0
Other units excluded
0
Unknown units excluded
0

Measurement types

  • F

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In development for (6)

Targets (1)