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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UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, California, United States
Truhlsen Eye Institute, University Of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Hospital Universitario Cassiano Antonio Moraes - UFES; Reumatologia, Vitoria, ES, Brazil
Centro Mineiro de Pesquisa - CMIP, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP; Reumatologia, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
CH EpiCURA Site Ath, Ath, Belgium
CHU Brugmann (Victor Horta), Bruxelles, Belgium
ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium
Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, Georgia, United States
NYU Center for Musculoskeletal Care, New York, New York, United States
Centro de Estudos em Terapias Inovadoras - CETI, Curtiba, PR, Brazil
CIP - Centro Internacional de Pesquisa, Goiania, GO, Brazil
Hospital Sao Lucas - PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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