1 First, check the current validity of your passport. 2  All travelers will need a passport valid for at least 90 days following your departure date from Japan. 3  However, we strongly recommend traveling with 6 months validity on your passport at all times.
USES: Pegfilgrastim is a long-acting form of the drug, filgrastim. These drugs, called colony-stimulating factors, are used to help stimulate the bone marrow to make white blood cells in patients who are not able to produce enough white blood cells on their own.White blood cells help the body fight infections.
Pegylated interferon, usually called peginterferon, is a chemically modified form of the standard interferon that treats hepatitis C and rarely hepatitis B. 1  The difference between interferon and peginterferon is the PEG, which stands for a molecule called polyethylene glycol. The PEG does nothing to fight the virus. But by attaching it to the interferon (which does fight the virus), the interferon will stay in the body (specifically the blood) much longer. This process benefits hepatitis patients taking interferon because rather than needing to inject interferon up to three times a week, only one weekly injection is needed.