Megestrol Acetate

Overview

Megestrol Acetate is a small molecule active pharmaceutical ingredient (ChEMBL CHEMBL1201139).

API suppliers (13)

Suppliers of Megestrol Acetate evidenced by a US FDA Type II Drug Master File or an EU Certificate of Suitability (CEP). Sources: FDA DMF list, EDQM certification database.

• FARMABIOS SPAItaly1 active DMF
• PHARMACIA AND UPJOHN CO LLC WHOLLY OWNED SUB OF PFIZER INC1 active DMF
• TAPI NL BVNetherlands1 active DMF
• TAIZHOU TAIFA PHARMACEUTICALS CO LTD1 active DMF
• ZHEJIANG XIANJU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD1 active DMF
• JIANGSU GRAND XIANLE PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTDChina1 active DMF
• ZHEJIANG XIANJU YANGGUANG BIOPRODUCTS CO LTDChina1 active DMF
• DIOSYNTH BV
• SYNTEX USA INC
• Organon Usa Inc
• GLAXO LABORATORIES SA
• Bayer Schering Pharma AGGermany
• SOCIETA ITALIANA CORTICOSTEROIDI SPA

EU CEP holders (4)

Companies holding a valid EU Certificate of Suitability (CEP) for Megestrol Acetate, from the EDQM certification database. A CEP holder is a documented EU-market source of the substance — not necessarily the manufacturer — and these are not yet profiled in our directory.

Chemical identity

IUPAC name

[(8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-acetyl-6,10,13-trimethyl-3-oxo-2,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl] acetate

Canonical SMILES

CC1=C[C@@H]2[C@H](CC[C@]3([C@H]2CC[C@@]3(C(=O)C)OC(=O)C)C)[C@@]4(C1=CC(=O)CC4)C

InChIKey

RQZAXGRLVPAYTJ-GQFGMJRRSA-N