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Darzalex
BY: Winnie TangDec 22, 2022

Darzalex

(daratumumab) Janssen

 

Composition1:

Each 15 mL vial of solution for subcutaneous injection contains 1800 mg of daratumumab (120 mg daratumumab per mL).

  

  Daratumumab is a human monoclonal IgG1κ antibody against CD38 antigen, produced in a mammalian cell line (Chinese Hamster Ovary) using recombinant DNA technology.

 

Indications1:

Multiple myeloma

Darzalex is indicated:

• in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone or with bortezomib, melphalan and prednisone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

 

• in combination with bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant.

 

• in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, or bortezomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy.

 

• in combination with pomalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received one prior therapy containing a proteasome inhibitor and lenalidomide and were lenalidomide-refractory, or who have received at least two prior therapies that included lenalidomide and a proteasome inhibitor and have demonstrated disease progression on or after the last therapy.

 

• as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, whose prior therapy included a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent and who have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy.

 

Light chain (AL) amyloidosis

• Darzalex is indicated in combination with cyclophosphamide, bortezomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed systemic AL amyloidosis.

 

Reference:

1.  Darzalex Hong Kong Prescription Information. P01 May 2022.

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