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Monitoring Ravulizumab effect on complement assays
Journal of Immunological Methods, 2021Ravulizumab is a new C5 inhibitor therapeutic monoclonal antibody with a longer half-life than eculizumab. Monitoring complete complement blockade by eculizumab has allowed personalized therapy in specific settings. Similar action is expected with ravulizumab. Ravulizumab has 4 different amino acids from eculizumab, which allow greater affinity for the
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Ravulizumab for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2020Introduction: Eculizumab, which is indicated to treat patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), is a life-changing, life-saving therapy that decreases intravascular hemolysis and thrombosis and improves survival. Some eculizumab-treated patients, however, experience breakthrough hemolysis; and overall, the burden of the treatment ...
Jong Wook Lee, Austin Kulasekararaj
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Canadian Journal of Health Technologies, 2023
CADTH recommends that Ultomiris be reimbursed by public drug plans for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) if certain conditions are met. Ultomiris should only be covered to treat adult patients with anti–aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibody–positive NMOSD.
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CADTH recommends that Ultomiris be reimbursed by public drug plans for the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) if certain conditions are met. Ultomiris should only be covered to treat adult patients with anti–aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibody–positive NMOSD.
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Ravulizumab: A Review in Generalised Myasthenia Gravis
Drugs, 2023Ravulizumab (ULTOMIRIS®) is the first long-acting complement C5 inhibitor (administered intravenously every 8 weeks) to be approved in several countries globally, for adults with generalised myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive (AChR Ab+).
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Terminal Complement Inhibitor Ravulizumab in Generalized Myasthenia Gravis
NEJM Evidence, 2022BACKGROUND: Generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) is a rare, chronic, and debilitating autoimmune disease. Activation of the complement system by autoantibodies against the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptor (AChR) leads to destruction of the postsynaptic membrane and disruption of neuromuscular transmission.
Tuan, Vu +9 more
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Ravulizumab: First Global Approval
Drugs, 2019Ravulizumab (ravulizumab-cwvz; ULTOMIRIS™), a humanized monoclonal antibody, is a complement C5 inhibitor developed by Alexion Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS).
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Ravulizumab in the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs, 2020Eculizumab, the anti-C5 monoclonal antibody therapeutic, has revolutionized the treatment of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), and has shown efficacy in other complement-mediated disorders...
Hayeong Rho, Richard A Wells
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Canadian Journal of Health Technologies
Reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class. The assessments inform nonbinding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the ...
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Reimbursement reviews are comprehensive assessments of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, as well as patient and clinician perspectives, of a drug or drug class. The assessments inform nonbinding recommendations that help guide the reimbursement decisions of Canada’s federal, provincial, and territorial governments, with the ...
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Ravulizumab-related meningococcal sepsis post rituximab
Practical NeurologyComplement inhibition is a highly effective strategy for preventing relapse and disability accumulation in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). Invasive infection with Neisseria meningitidis , the principal risk of complement inhibition, is largely mitigated by adequate vaccination.
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