Omega-3-acid Ethyl Esters

Scheme

USAN

CAS registry number (Chemical Abstracts Service)

0086227-47-6

Therapeutic Category

Antilipemic agent, concomitant therapy

Chemical Name

Ethyl esters of alpha-linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3), moroctic acid (C18:4 n-3), C20:4 n-3, timnodonic (eicosapentaenoic) acid (C20:5 n-3; EPA), C21:5 n-3, clupanodonic acid (C22:5 n-3) and cervonic (docosahexaenoic) acid (C22:6 n-3; DHA) (Ph. Eur.)

Foreign Names

• Omega-3 acidorum esteri ethylici (Latin)
• Omega-3-Säurenethylester (German)
• Oméga-3 (esters éthyliques d'acides) (French)

Generic Names

• Omega-3-acid Ethyl Esters (OS: USAN)
• K 85 (IS)
• Oméga-3 (esters éthyliques d'acides) (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Omega-3-Acid Ethyl Esters (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Omega-3-Acid Ethyl Esters 60 (PH: BP 2010)
• Omega-3-acid Ethyl Esters 90 (PH: BP 2010)
• Omega-3-acidorum esteri ethylici (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)
• Omega-3-Säurenethylester (PH: Ph. Eur. 6)

Brand Names

• Cardiomega Gold
  Health Signature, Peru



• Equiplen
  Unimed, Peru



• Lovaza
  GlaxoSmithKline, United States



• Marincap
  Koçak, Turkey



• Maxepa
  Merck, Ecuador; Seven Seas, United Kingdom; Seven Seas, Ireland



• Omacor
  CPH, Portugal; Euro, Netherlands; Ferrer, Spain; Medcor, Netherlands; Pfizer, Norway; Pierre Fabre Médicament, France; Pronova, Austria; Pronova, Estonia; Pronova, Lithuania; Pronova, Luxembourg; Pronova, Latvia; Pronova, Malta; Pronova, Netherlands; Pronova, Slovenia; Solvay, Belgium; Solvay, Germany; Solvay, United Kingdom; Solvay, Georgia; Solvay, Croatia (Hrvatska); Solvay, Ireland; Solvay, Oman



• Omecor
  Koçak, Turkey



• Zodin
  Trommsdorff, Germany

International Drug Name Search

Glossary

IS	Inofficial Synonym
OS	Official Synonym
PH	Pharmacopoeia Name
Ph. Eur.	European Pharmacopoeia
USAN	United States Adopted Name

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