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Ofloxacin

A second-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic, patented in 1980 and first approved in Japan in 1985, that blocks bacterial DNA gyrase and is used against many infections. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, metabolites, nitrosamines and other impurities.

Did you know?It is a mixture of two mirror-image forms: the (S) form, separated later, became a drug in its own right, levofloxacin, on the market since 1993.

OfloxacinGo to the active ingredient →
OfloxacinActive ingredientOfloxacinCat. No. P-O010-001CAS 82419-36-1

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

Reference substanceOfloxacin CRSEDQM code O0120000Family Ofloxacin

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