Medroxyprogesterone depot - Pfizer
Alternative Names: depo medroxyprogesterone acetate; Depo subQ in Uniject; Depo-subQ provera 104; DMPA -Pfizer; DMPA-SC; Medroxiprogesterone acetate; Sayana; Sayana Press; Sayana pressLatest Information Update: 08 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Pfizer
- Class Anti-inflammatories; Antineoplastics; Hormonal replacements; Progesterone congeners; Progestogen-only oral contraceptives
- Mechanism of Action Interleukin 6 receptor antagonists; Progesterone receptor agonists
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Pain; Pregnancy
- Registered Endometriosis
Most Recent Events
- 24 Jul 2025 Pfizer completes a phase I trial for Pregnancy (Prevention) in Belgium (SC) (EudraCT2021-001035-54) (NCT04893798)
- 16 Sep 2021 Pfizer initiated enrolment in a phase I trial for Pregnancy (Prevention) in Belgium (SC) (EudraCT2021-001035-54) (NCT04893798)
- 24 May 2021 Pfizer plans a phase I trial in Healthy volunteers (SC), In July 2021 (NCT04893798)