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Prescription medicine

Idarucizumab Brand names: Praxbind

Idarucizumab (Praxbind) is a prescription medicine with an FDA approval on record since 2015. No generic is listed in FDA's NDC Directory.

  • No generic listed

Check it at the source: the idarucizumab FDA label on DailyMed (effective January 23, 2024, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.); the BLA 761025 record on Drugs@FDA; every idarucizumab label on DailyMed.

Highlights of the record

FDA label of January 23, 2024; NDC Directory, Drugs@FDA and Orange Book, October 8, 2026

Used for

From the label: indications and usage

PRAXBIND is indicated in patients treated with Pradaxa when reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran is needed: For emergency surgery/urgent procedures In life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding PRAXBIND is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) indicated in patients treated with Pradaxa ® when reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran is needed: For emergency surgery/urgent procedures

Forms and strengths

  • 50 mg/ml

Injection.

On the market

Earliest approval on file
October 16, 2015 Praxbind, Boehringer Ingelheim; Drugs@FDA’s file, where older or withdrawn approvals can be missing
Generic approvals
No generic approved
Labelers listed (NDC)
1 of which 0 under generic applications, 1 under brand applications, repackagers included

Supply and safety

Pharmacy cost (NADAC)
Not in the survey
Shortage (FDA)
No current entry
Recalls by its makers (FDA)
No recall recorded
FAERS reports
1,428 through July 30, 2026

What is idarucizumab used for?

From the label: indications and usage

PRAXBIND is indicated in patients treated with Pradaxa when reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran is needed: For emergency surgery/urgent procedures In life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding PRAXBIND is a humanized monoclonal antibody fragment (Fab) indicated in patients treated with Pradaxa ® when reversal of the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran is needed: For emergency surgery/urgent procedures In life-threatening or uncontrolled bleeding

FDA pharmacologic class: Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Fragment.

Source: FDA drug label (Praxbind), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., effective January 23, 2024 (SPL set c7400f8a-dcf4-a6df-6d07-983081b1bf34), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

Is there a generic for idarucizumab (Praxbind)?

No generic idarucizumab is approved (Drugs@FDA, October 8, 2026).

  • 2015 earliest approval on file

Source: Drugs@FDA, FDA NDC Directory and the Orange Book (openFDA bulk files, October 8, 2026)

What does the idarucizumab label say about other medicines?

The idarucizumab label names 1 other medicine in its interaction, contraindication or warning sections. The labels of 1 other medicine name idarucizumab. The sentences are the labels' own; a label lists what its studies and reports found, not every interaction.

Medicine namedSectionWhat the label says
Dabigatranwarnings and precautionsWARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Thromboembolic Risk: Reversing dabigatran therapy exposes patients to the thrombotic risk of their underlying disease.

Check idarucizumab against other medicines

Source: FDA drug label (Praxbind), Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., effective January 23, 2024 (SPL set c7400f8a-dcf4-a6df-6d07-983081b1bf34), via openFDA; the full label on DailyMed

What do FAERS reports show for idarucizumab?

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System holds 1,428 reports that list idarucizumab among the medicines taken, through July 30, 2026, each a report of something that happened, not proof the medicine caused it; 894 are coded as a death and 515 as a hospital stay. Counts follow how widely a medicine is used and watched, and they are not a measure of how risky it is.

Reports received each year

The most reported reactions

  • Death (an outcome recorded in the report)169
  • Haemorrhage119
  • Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage81
  • Cerebral Haemorrhage79
  • Haemorrhage Intracranial67
  • Drug Ineffective (a use or a product term, not a reaction)64
  • Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome62
  • Acute Kidney Injury48

Side effects: the label's list and every FAERS reaction

Source: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) via openFDA, reports through July 30, 2026

What next?

Idarucizumab side effects
the label's list beside FAERS reports
Check an interaction
what two or more labels say about each other