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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Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Froedtert Hospital/Medical College of Wisconsin-Clinical Cancer Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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