High cost drugs - Natalizumab



Coding system
No coding system
Coding system release
unknown
Organisation
OpenSAFELY
Codelist ID
opensafely/high-cost-drugs-natalizumab
Version ID
5df55e62

Versions
  • 5df55e62

Description

This is a list of all the unique values from the Drug Name variable in the High Cost Drugs Dataset that relate to the prescribing of natalizumab.

Methodology

The values in this variable do not follow a coding system so the selection for this codelist is based on the drug name value, after converting all text to lower case, containing one or more of the following strings (these are the generic medicine name and brand names):

  • natalizumab
  • tysabri

All drug name values that contain at least one of the above strings are included in the natalizumab group and assigned the VTM (virtual therapeutic moiety) code 414804006.

References

Signed off by

  • Mark Yates, (Feb. 22, 2021)
  • Nick Kennedy, (Feb. 22, 2021)
  • Anna Rowan, (Feb. 22, 2021)

Codelists are developed by a broad community of users for individual study purposes, which may or may not meet the needs of other studies. They should not be thought of as universal definitions of a particular condition.

We don't offer any guarantees about what they do or don't identify. Users should carefully check that any codelist meets their needs, and seek clinical input where appropriate.

olddrugname
natalizumab
natalizumab 300mg/15ml concentrate for solution for infusion
natalizumab (20mg/ml)
natalizumab (foc) 300 mg in 15 ml intravenous infu
natalizumab (tysabri)
natalizumab (tysabri) 300 mg in 15ml concentrated iv infusion soln.
natalizumab (vial) 300 mg infusion
natalizumab 20 mg in 1 ml concentrate for iv infusion
natalizumab 20 mg in 1ml conc. for intravenous infusion
natalizumab 20 mg in 1ml injection
natalizumab 20 mg in 1ml injection 15 ml vial
natalizumab 20 mgml concentrate for infusion
natalizumab 300 mg in 115ml infusion
natalizumab 300 mg in 15 ml intravenous infusion
natalizumab 300 mg in 15ml concentrate for iv infusion
natalizumab 300 mg in 15ml injection
natalizumab 300 mg infusion
natalizumab 300mg
natalizumab 300mg-15ml injection (1 vial)
natalizumab 300mg -15ml injection (1 vial)
natalizumab 300mg in 0.9% sodium cloride (100ml)
natalizumab 300mg/15ml injection (1 vial)
natalizumab 300mg/15ml solution fo rinfusion vials
natalizumab 300mg/15ml solution for infusion vials
natalizumab 300mg/15ml solution for infusion vials 1 vial
natalizumab 300mg/15ml solution for inje
natalizumab injection 20mg/ml
natalizumab!300mg/15ml!injection
natalizumab!300mg/15ml!injection (1 vial)
natalizumab, concentrate for solution for infusion,300mg/15ml,vial [1 vial(s)]
natalizumabadmin tag
natalizumabinjection20mg/ml