Table 1.
BoNT-A commercial formulations
Trade Name | BOTOX® | Dysport® | Xeomin® | Prosigne® |
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Manufacturer | Allergan, Inc. | Ipsen, LTD. | Merz Pharmaceuticals | Lanzhou Biological Products Institute |
Country of origin | USA | UK | Germany | China |
Protein amount | 5ng/100U | 12.5ng/500U | None | ? |
BOTOX®* Dosing conversion | 1:1 | 1:2–1:6 | 1:1 | 1:1 |
Based on BOTOX Product Insert 2004; Dysport® product insert 2005; Markey 2004; Jost et al 2007; Tang and Wan 2000
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