The drugs are intended to treat several types of arthritis, psoriasis, COVID-19, and Crohn's disease.
At an April 25 meeting, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the Europe an Medicines Agency recommended marketing authorization for two biosimilar medicines: Tofidence, intended for the treatment of-bavi) is a biosimilar to its reference product, RoActemra , which was authorized in the Europe an Union in 2009.
Clinical evidence supports the effectiveness of Tofidence for reducing joint damage progression, as measured by x-ray, and improving physical function when administered with MTX.Active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients 2 years or older who responded inadequately to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and systemic corticosteroids. Tocilizumab can be given as monotherapy or with MTX.
Wezenla is indicated for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis in adults and children aged 6 years or older who have not responded to, are intolerant to, or have contraindications to other systemic therapies, including ciclosporin, MTX, or PUVA . In adults, Wezenla, alone or in combination with MTX, is also indicated for active psoriatic arthritis following inadequate response to previous nonbiological DMARD therapy.
Additionally, Wezenla is indicated for moderately to severely active Crohn's disease in people who have had an inadequate response to, lost response to, or were intolerant to conventional therapy or a TNF-alpha antagonist or have medical contraindications to such treatments.Anti-Vax Doctor Simone Gold Sued by America's Frontline Doctors, the Group She FoundedAll material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC.
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