Avanafil

About us Polpharma Group Polpharma API API Manufacturing sites

We are a Poland-based CDMO and manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), that is proceeding with a $45-million manufacturing expansion of its main API plant in Starogard Gdanski to include HPAPI and cryogenic technologies and investments in a pilot plant and R&D capabilities. We expect to extend our operations starting from mid-2023 with full completion scheduled for Q1 2024.

CDMO Competencies & Services Quality Environmental protection Customer experience

Polpharma API CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) supports emerging and large pharmaceutical customers in the development and commercialization of their small-molecule APIs clinical candidates thanks to +70 years of experience in process development, scale-up, and cGMP manufacturing of small molecule APIs in volumes ranging from kilos to tens of tons.

Generics Core competencies Products

Our products are manufactured in accordance with the most stringent requirements of our customers and health authorities. DMF documentation for all our products is prepared in accordance with the latest requirements of EDQM (CEP), ICH (EuDMF, CTD), and FDA (US DMF). Material and product testing is performed in line with the European and United States Pharmacopeias. Our products can be additionally tested in compliance with the customer’s specifications.

Technologies Cryogenic High Potent Capabilities

Our products

Avanafil

CAS No.

330784-47-9

Reference product

STENDRA, SPEDRA/MENARINI

Polymorphic form

Crystalline, none

Therapeutic Area

Genito-urinary system & sex hormones

Status

commercial

EU DMF readiness

✓

US DMF readiness

029689

💉 Available also
in injectable form

Disclaimer
Products protected by valid patents are not offered for commercial sale in countries where the sale of such products constitutes patent infringement but are offered solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information under a law regulating the manufacture, use or sale of drugs. It is within the buyer’s responsibility and liability to check the patent situation of the product in the imported market(s).

Drug description:

Avanafil is a vasodilator.
It is indicated to treat erectile dysfunction in adult men. In order for avanafil to be effective, sexual stimulation is required.
It is formulated as tablets for oral route of administration.

Mechanism of action:

Avanafil is a highly selective and potent, reversible inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5. When sexual stimulation causes the local release of nitric oxide, inhibition of PDE5 by avanafil produces increased levels of cGMP in the corpus cavernosum of the penis. This results in smooth muscle relaxation and inflow of blood into the penile tissues, thereby producing an erection. Avanafil has no effect in the absence of sexual stimulation.