Taliglucerase alfa

Taliglucerase alfa
Clinical data
Trade namesElelyso, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
Pregnancy
category
  • AU: B1
Routes of
administration
Intravenous infusion
ATC code
Legal status
Legal status
  • AU: S4 (Prescription only)
  • US: ℞-only
  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
Pharmacokinetic data
Elimination half-life18.9-28.7 minutes
Identifiers
CAS Number
DrugBank
ChemSpider
  • none
UNII
KEGG
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC2580H3918N680O727S17
Molar mass56638.78 g·mol−1

Taliglucerase alfa, sold under the brand name Elelyso among others, is a biopharmaceutical medication developed by Protalix and Pfizer. The drug, a recombinant glucocerebrosidase used to treat Gaucher's disease, is the first plant-made pharmaceutical to win approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Each vial has 200 units of taliglucerase alfa.