Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2022
U.S. FDA grants priority review to Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults
4 April 2022 - If approved, Actemra/RoActemra would be the first U.S. FDA approved immunomodulator for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients.
Roche today announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted the company’s supplemental biologics license application and has granted priority review for Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) intravenous for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalised adults who are receiving systemic corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen, non-invasive or invasive mechanical ventilation, or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
