The PaceNew therapies / indications available since the last 12 months 
Imbruvica®
BY: Jasper ChanJun 16, 2015

Imbruvica®
(Ibrutinib)  Janssen

 

Composition:

• New formulation available as tablet containing 140 mg of ibrutinib

 

Indication(s):

• As a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)
 

• As a single agent or in combination with rituximab or obinutuzumab for the treatment of adult patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
 

• As a single agent or in combination with bendamustine and rituximab (BR) for the treatment of adult patients with CLL who have received at least one prior therapy

 

• As a single agent for the treatment of adult patients with Waldenström’s macroglobulinaemia (WM) who have received at least one prior therapy, or in first line treatment for patients unsuitable for chemo-immunotherapy

 

• In combination with rituximab for the treatment of adult patients with WM

 

Drug information including formulation, indication, administration and/or presentation updated, registered or launched in Hong Kong within one year prior to the date written is regarded as new in The Pace.

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