SPL Set ID: 9f8fe5ba-943f-4f0a-9618-6083101faa28
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Gemcitabine is a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor. Gemcitabine hydrochloride, USP is 2’- deoxy-2’, 2’-difluorocytidine monohydrochloride (β-isomer) with the following structural formula: The empirical formula for gemcitabine hydrochloride, USP is C 9 H 11 F 2 N 3 O 4 • HCl. It has a molecular weight of 299.66 g/mol. Gemcitabine hydrochloride, USP is soluble in water, slightly soluble in methanol, and practically insoluble in ethanol and polar organic solvents. Gemcitabine for Injection, USP is a sterile white to off-white lyophilized powder and available as 200 mg and 1 gram single-dose vials for intravenous use only. Each 200 mg vial contains 200 mg gemcitabine (equivalent to 227.7 mg gemcitabine hydrochloride, USP), 200 mg mannitol and 12.5 mg sodium acetate. Each 1 gram vial contains 1 gram gemcitabine (equivalent to 1.139 gram gemcitabine hydrochloride, USP), 1 gram mannitol, and 62.5 mg sodium acetate. Hydrochloric acid and/or sodium hydroxide may have been added for pH adjustment. gemcitabine-spl-image1