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Difelikefalin companies

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Public registers name 2 licence holders, 8 ingredient makers with a drug master file, 4 bulk ingredient labelers, 2 US labelers and 4 trial sponsors for Difelikefalin.

Each row is what a register states. A company named here is not endorsed or accused by this site.

MARKETING AUTHORISATION HOLDER

2 companies

Holds the licence to sell the medicine in a country (EMA, MHRA, Health Canada).

Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma France
Kapruvia (EMEA/H/C/005612), Authorised Regulator EMA
KAPRUVIA 50 MICROGRAMS/ML SOLUTION FOR INJECTION, PLGB 50784/0009, Authorised Regulator MHRA
VIFOR FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE RENAL PHARMA LTD
KORSUVA (DIN 02529688), Marketed Regulator Health Canada

API MANUFACTURER

8 companies

Filed a drug master file with FDA for the active ingredient.

ALP PHARM BEIJING CO LTD
DMF 38645, type II, active, submitted 2023-08-02 Regulator FDA drug master file list
CHUNGHWA CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND BIOTECH CO LTD
DMF 38511, type II, active, submitted 2023-06-19 Regulator FDA drug master file list
CIPLA LTD
DMF 37712, type II, active, submitted 2023-01-25 Regulator FDA drug master file list
HYBIO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
DMF 42266, type II, active, submitted 2025-12-30 Regulator FDA drug master file list
MSN LIFE SCIENCES PRIVATE LTD
DMF 40537, type II, active, submitted 2024-09-27 Regulator FDA drug master file list
NEULAND LABORATORIES LTD
DMF 41503, type II, active, submitted 2025-03-26 Regulator FDA drug master file list
SUZHOU YIFAN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
DMF 43195, type II, active, submitted 2025-12-11 Regulator FDA drug master file list
WISDOM PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
DMF 41341, type II, active, submitted 2025-02-21 Regulator FDA drug master file list

BULK INGREDIENT LABELER

4 companies

Lists the bulk active ingredient with FDA (NDC directory).

Chunghwa Chemical Sysnthsis & Biotech Co.,Ltd.
Difelikefalin acetate, BULK INGREDIENT Regulator openFDA
MSN Life Sciences Private Limited
Difelikefalin Acetate, BULK INGREDIENT Regulator openFDA
PolyPeptide Laboratories France
DIFELIKEFALIN, BULK INGREDIENT Regulator openFDA
WISDOM PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
Difelikefalin Acetate, BULK INGREDIENT Regulator openFDA

US LABELER

2 companies

Lists a finished product with FDA (NDC directory); can be a maker, repackager or distributor.

Patheon Italia S.p.A
DIFELIKEFALIN ACETATE, DRUG FOR FURTHER PROCESSING Regulator openFDA
Vifor (International), Inc.
Korsuva, NDA Regulator openFDA

TRIAL SPONSOR

4 companies

Sponsors registered clinical trials of the peptide.

Cara Therapeutics Inc.
1 registered trial Trial register EU CTIS
11 registered trials Trial register ClinicalTrials.gov
Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma
3 registered trials Trial register ClinicalTrials.gov
Chittagong Medical College
1 registered trial Trial register ClinicalTrials.gov
VIFOR FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE RENAL PHARMA LTD
1 registered trial Trial register EU CTIS

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