Romiplostim is a thrombopoiesis stimulating dimer Fc-peptide fusion protein (peptibody) to increase platelet production through activation of the thrombopoietin receptor. The peptibody molecule has two identical single-chain subunits, each one is made up of 269 amino acid residues. Each subunit consists of an IgG1 Fc carrier domain that is covalently attached to a polypeptide sequence that contains two binding domains to interact with thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl. Each domain consists of 14 amino acids. Interestingly, romiplostim's amino acid sequence is not similar to that of endogenous thrombopoietin. Romiplostim is produced by recombinant DNA technology in Escherichia coli. FDA approved on August 22, 2008.
Treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura.
Praxisklinik für Krebsheilkunde für Frauen Drs. Kittel /Klare / Wetzel, Berlin, Germany
Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Ev. Waldkrankenhaus Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Sao Joao, EPE - Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal
Autonomic SHI Republican clinical oncology dispensary of MoH of the Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russian Federation
Clinical hospital 2, Group of companies medsi, Moscow, Russian Federation
Wuxi People's Hospital, Wuxi, China
Peking Union hospital, Beijing, China
West China hospital, Chengdu, China
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Lucern, Switzerland
Aarau Cantonal Hospital, Aarau, Switzerland
Liestal Cantonal Hospital, Liestal, Basel-Land, Switzerland
Research Site, Manchester, United Kingdom
AP-HM,Hôpital La Timone, AP-HM, Marseille, Marseille, France
Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Lyon,, Lyon, France
AH-HP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service de Neurologie 2, Paris, France
Korea, Republic of, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Memorial Sloan Kettering at Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen, Montvale, New Jersey, United States
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