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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Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Fundação São Francisco Xavier, Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
UNIMED Varginha, Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Ospedale Santa Chiara; Unita Operativa Di Ematologia, Pisa, Toscana, Italy
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Rigshospitalet; Hæmatologisk Klinik, Klinisk Afprøvnings Team KAT, København Ø, Denmark
Transplant Center, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland Regioin, Sweden
Skåne University Hospital, Malmo, Skåne, Sweden
Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
CHU of Nantes, Nantes, France
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
UC Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
UCLA Center for East; West Medicine, Santa Monica, California, United States
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