Rituximab biosimilar - Biocad
Alternative Names: AcellBia; Acellbia; BCD-020; USMALLatest Information Update: 14 Jan 2022
At a glance
- Originator Biocad
- Class Anti-inflammatories; Antineoplastics; Antirheumatics; Eye disorder therapies; Immunotherapies; Monoclonal antibodies; Skin disorder therapies; Urologics; Vascular disorder therapies
- Mechanism of Action Antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity; T lymphocyte stimulants
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Orphan Drug Status
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Marketed Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Preregistration Rheumatoid arthritis
Most Recent Events
- 13 Jun 2018 Safety and efficacy data from the phase III ALTERRA trial in Rheumatoid arthritis presented at the 19th Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism(EULAR-2018)
- 29 Nov 2017 Biocad announces intention to launch Rituximab biosimilar in Morocco, Senegal, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire
- 01 Aug 2017 Biocad completes a phase III trial in Rheumatoid arthritis (Treatment-naive, Combination therapy) in Russia (IV) (NCT02744196)