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BESREMi Pen

Generic name: Ropeginterferon ALFA-2B

FDA application holder: Pharmaessentia Corp

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Quick answers

What is BESREMi Pen?
BESREMi Pen is a brand name of Ropeginterferon ALFA-2B, a prescription medicine. The FDA NDC Directory lists 1 BESREMi Pen product in 1 strength and form.
Who makes BESREMi Pen?
Pharmaessentia Corp holds the FDA application for BESREMi Pen (BLA761166, approved November 12, 2021).
Is there a generic or store brand of BESREMi Pen?
Other products of Ropeginterferon ALFA-2B are listed with the FDA, but none in exactly the same strength and form as a BESREMi Pen product.
Has BESREMi Pen been recalled?
No recall linked to BESREMi Pen products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports we use.

What BESREMi Pen is

Each BESREMi Pen product as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, by active ingredient, strength and form, with its official label. “Same medicine, other names” counts the other products with exactly the same active ingredients, strength and form (generic versions, store brands and other brands); inactive ingredients can differ.

Ropeginterferon ALFA-2B · prescription medicine

Strength and formProduct namesSame medicine, other namesLabel
ropeginterferon ALFA-2B 500 ug/0.5 mL
injection, solution (subcutaneous)
BESREMi Pen None listed DailyMed

Its page lists every product and company, the FDA label’s uses and boxed warning, approvals, shortages and recalls: Ropeginterferon ALFA-2B →

FDA approval

  • BLA: Biologics License Application: how a biologic medicine (made from living cells) is approved.
FDA applications of BESREMi Pen products (Drugs@FDA)
ApplicationHolderFirst approvedProducts
BLA761166Pharmaessentia CorpNovember 12, 20211

Companies that list BESREMi Pen

The company named on the package (holder, repackager or distributor), as listed in the FDA NDC Directory, with its number of BESREMi Pen products.

Recalls

No recall linked to BESREMi Pen products (by their NDC code or label) appears in the FDA enforcement reports.

Sources

  1. NDC Directory (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  2. Drugs@FDA (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  3. Drug labeling (SPL, openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 30, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  4. Drug recall enforcement reports (openFDA) — U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA data exported October 27, 2026, retrieved October 31, 2026
  5. NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) 2026 — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data.medicaid.gov, list of November 4, 2026, retrieved November 7, 2026

Which names get a brand page: a name the NDC Directory lists for a medicine, held by one company (the FDA application holder, or the company named on most of its products), that is not just a description, and that is not the only product of its medicine.

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