Kepivance and Tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor

• Generic Name: palifermin
• Dosage Forms: injection, powder, lyophilized, for solution
• Other Brand Names: Kepivance

Kepivance (palifermin) is a manmade form of a human protein that affects growth of cells within the tissues lining your mouth and digestive tract (esophagus, stomach, and intestines).

Kepivance is used to help prevent or heal mouth sores and ulcers in people being treated with chemotherapy and stem cell treatment.

Kepivance is used in people receiving chemotherapy to treat blood cancers (Hodgkin's disease, multiple myeloma, leukemia). This medicine is not a treatment for the cancer itself.

• Generic Name: ivacaftor / tezacaftor
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Symdeko, Symdeko 4-Week

Tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor combination is used to treat cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients 12 years of age and older. It is only used for patients who have two copies of F508del mutation, or who have at least one mutation in their CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. Your doctor will use a test to check for the mutation before you receive the medicine.

Tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor is available only with your doctor's prescription.