Poractant Alfa

Drug Index

Pulmonary surfactant is a surface-active complex of phospholipids and proteins formed by type II alveolar cells.[1] The proteins and lipids that make up the surfactant have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions. By adsorbing to the air-water interface of alveoli, with hydrophilic head groups in the water and the hydrophobic tails facing towards the air, the main lipid component of surfactant, dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), reduces surface tension. As a medication, p...

NDC Database

Curosurf 80 mg/ml Endotracheal Suspension by Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.a. ## Package Codes: 63182-180-01, 63182-180-03 ## Active Ingredients: Poractant Alfa

NDC Database

Curosurf 80 mg/ml Endotracheal Suspension by Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. ## Package Codes: 10122-510-01, 10122-510-03 ## Active Ingredients: Poractant Alfa