Tocilizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody IL-6 receptor inhibitor used to treat inflammatory and autoimmune conditions. It was first described in the literature in 2003 when Chugai, a subsidiary of Roche began developing IL-6 inhibiting monoclonal antibodies. Tocilizumab was granted FDA approval on 8 January 2010 to treat a number of inflamm...
Tocilizumab is indicated to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arteritis, systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and cytokine release syndrome.
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Intensive Care Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, Laguna Hills, California, United States
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, Tianjin, China
Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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