Tocilizumab

Tocilizumab

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type = mab


source = Humanized
target = IL-6 receptor
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ATC_prefix = L04
ATC_suffix = AC07
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Tocilizumab (under development by Roche and Chugai under the trade name Actemra) is a humanized monoclonal antibody against IL-6R (interleukin-6 receptor) used as an immunosuppressive drug.

As of 2008, it is currently under regulatory review by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

It has been proposed for use in Castleman's disease.cite journal |author=Matsuyama M, Suzuki T, Tsuboi H, "et al" |title=Anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody (tocilizumab) treatment of multicentric Castleman's disease |journal=Intern. Med. |volume=46 |issue=11 |pages=771–4 |year=2007 |pmid=17541233 |doi= |url=http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/internalmedicine/46.6262?from=PubMed]

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