The effect of systematic conversion to generic Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in kidney transplantation;A single center clinical experience from Japan.

Recently, more and more generic drugs have been used for immunosuppressive drugs in the field of organ transplantation. Some reports have indicated that blood concentration of most generic drugs is difficult to maintain stability, and it may cause the difference in graft survival of transplanted organs between original drugs and generic drugs. In this article, we report the cases could not maintain blood concentration of generic drugs of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF).

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - May 3, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Hajime Hirano, Tomohisa Matsunaga, Ryouichi Maenosono, Shunri Taniguchi, Hirofumi Uehara, Hayahito Nomi, Yusuke Kano, Yuya Fujiwara, Atsushi Ichihashi, Daisuke Kobayashi, Takeshi Tsutsumi, Kazumasa Komura, Naokazu Ibuki, Taruo Inamoto, Hideki Matsumura, A Source Type: research