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The drug is the first tocilizumab biosimilar with an FDA-approved intravenous and subcutaneous formulation.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the tocilizumab biosimilar, tocilizumab-aazg (Tyenne), for the treatment of a variety of inflammatory and immune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and giant cell arteritis. The drug is the first tocilizumab biosimilar with an FDA-approved intravenous and subcutaneous formulation and marks the third biosimilar approval for Fresenius Kabi.1

“Offering the first FDA-approved tocilizumab biosimilar therapy option in both intravenous and subcutaneous formulations to people living with autoimmune diseases in the US is a moment of great pride for Fresenius Kabi,” Michael Schönhofen, Dr. rer. Nat,Fresenius Kabi President Biopharma, said in...

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