Tocilizumab is under clinical development by Chugai Pharmaceutical and currently in Phase II for Follicular Lymphoma. According to GlobalData, Phase II drugs for Follicular Lymphoma have a 43% phase transition success rate (PTSR) indication benchmark for progressing into Phase III. GlobalData’s report assesses how Tocilizumab’s drug-specific PTSR and Likelihood of Approval (LoA) scores compare to the indication benchmarks. Buy the report here.
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Tocilizumab overview
Tocilizumab (Actemra / Roactemra) is a humanized monoclonal antibody, acts as immunosupressant preparation. It is formulated as injectable solution and solution concentrate for intravenous, intravenous drip or subcutaneous route of administration. Actemra is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in adult patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to one or more disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs via intravenous and subcutaneous route. Tocilizumab intravenous route is indicated for the treatment of polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in patients of 2 years age and older. Roactemra, in combination with methotrexate (MTX), is indicated for the treatment of severe, active and progressive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults not previously treated with MTX. It is also indicated to treat adults with temporal arteritis, takayasu arteritis, and vasculitis, for the treatment of cytokine release syndrome induced by tumor-specific T cell infusion therapy. Actemra (tocilizumab) is used as emergency treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospitalized adults and pediatric patients (2 years of age and older) who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Actemra is indicated for the treatment of pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2
The drug candidate is under development for the treatment of follicular lymphoma, metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, systemic sclerosis large-vessel vasculitis, giant cell arteritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, Behcet’s Uveitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Schnitzler syndrome, pain, familial mediterranean fever, multiple myeloma (kahler disease) and diffuse large b-cell lymphoma. It is also under development for COVID-19 pneumonia and in hospitalized adult patients with severe COVID-19, sepsis and septic shock.
It was also under development for the treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, Grave's orbitopathy or thyroid eye disease, ankylosing spondylitis, giant lymph node hyperplasia and metastatic pancreatic cancer, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Chugai Pharmaceutical overview
Chugai Pharmaceutical (Chugai), a subsidiary of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, specializes in biotechnological research and drug manufacturing. The company manufactures, markets, exports and imports pharmaceutical products in Japan and other countries. The company offers products for the treatment of various therapeutic areas including, cancer; bone and joint diseases; renal diseases; immune disorders and infectious diseases and others. It also offers drugs to aid the kidney, liver and other organ transplants. The company is operating through its network of subsidiaries, the company offers its pharmaceutical products in overseas markets including North America, Europe and Asia. Chugai is headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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GlobalData’s Likelihood of Approval analytics tool dynamically assesses and predicts how likely a drug will move to the next stage in clinical development (PTSR), as well as how likely the drug will be approved (LoA). This is based on a combination of machine learning and a proprietary algorithm to process data points from various databases found on GlobalData’s Pharmaceutical Intelligence Center.
