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Anti-CD20 Therapy Shows No Effect on Disability Progression in MS

THURSDAY, Sept. 26, 2024 – For patients with primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS), the time to confirmed disability progression (CDP) does not differ for those who are anti-CD20-treated and...

FDA Approves Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a Biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab), for Adults with Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a biosimilar to...

FDA Approves Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a Biosimilar to Rituxan

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Riabni (rituximab-arrx), a biosimilar to...

FDA Approves Rituxan (rituximab) for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) in Children

South San Francisco, CA – September 27, 2019 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...

FDA Approves Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr), a Biosimilar to Rituxan

July 23, 2019 - Pfizer Inc. today announced the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Ruxience (rituximab-pvvr), a biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab),1 for the treatment...

FDA Approves Truxima (rituximab-abbs), a Biosimilar to Rituxan

November 28, 2018 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Truxima (rituximab-abbs) as the first biosimilar to Rituxan (rituximab) for the treatment of adult patients with...

FDA Approves Imbruvica (ibrutinib) Plus Rituximab for Patients with Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

HORSHAM, Pa., August 27, 2018 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Imbruvica (ibrutinib) in combination w...

Genentech Announces FDA Approval for Venclexta Plus Rituxan for People With Previously Treated Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

South San Francisco, CA – June 8, 2018 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Venclexta...

FDA Approves Genentech’s Rituxan (rituximab) for Pemphigus Vulgaris

South San Francisco, CA – June 7, 2018 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rituxan...

FDA Approves Rituxan Hycela (rituximab and hyaluronidase human) for Subcutaneous Injection in Certain Blood Cancers

South San Francisco, CA – June 22, 2017 – Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Rituxan...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab): Drug Safety Communication - New Boxed Warning, Recommendations to Decrease Risk of Hepatitis B Reactivation

ISSUE: FDA approved changes to the prescribing information of the immune-suppressing and anti-cancer drugs Arzerra (ofatumumab) and Rituxan (rituximab) to add new Boxed Warning information about the...

FDA Approves Rituxan to Treat Two Rare Disorders

SILVER SPRING, Md., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rituxan (rituximab), in combination with glucocorticoids (steroids), to treat...

FDA Approves Rituxan to Treat Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

ROCKVILLE, Md., Feb. 18, 2010--The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rituxan (rituximab) to treat certain patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slowly progressing blood...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Rituxan (rituximab) - Sep 11, 2008

[Posted 09/11/2008] Genentech informed healthcare professionals of revisions to prescribing information for Rituxan regarding a case of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) leading to...

FDA Medwatch Alert: Rituxan (Rituximab) - Dec 18, 2006

Indication: Treatment of CD20-postive, B-cell, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and for moderately-to-severely-active rheumatoid arthritis when there has been inadequate response to other treatments. [Posted...

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