Wednesday, January 21, 2009

RoActemra Approved in Europe to Treat Patients Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis

21 January 2009 - Roche today announced that the European Commission has approved RoACTEMRA (tocilizumab, known as Actemra outside of the EU), to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RoACTEMRA, in combination with methotrexate is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe RA who have either responded inadequately to, or who were intolerant to, previous therapy with one or more disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or tumour necrosis factor antagonists.

The details can be read here.

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