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Multiple Sclerosis Agent - CD20 Specific Monoclonal Antibody

The classification "Multiple Sclerosis Agent - CD20 Specific Monoclonal Antibody" is a compendial and formulary-standard drug class (such as within the First Databank Enhanced Therapeutic Classification System) encompassing disease-modifying therapies designed to treat multiple sclerosis. Read more about Multiple Sclerosis Agent - CD20 Specific Monoclonal Antibody

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KESIMPTA PEN (ofatumumab)

ANTINEOPLASTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES · RELAPSING FORM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ·+1
Novartis Pharmaceuticals

OCREVUS (ocrelizumab)

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVES · RELAPSING REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ·+3
GENENTECH

KESIMPTA PEN (ofatumumab)

ANTINEOPLASTIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES · RELAPSING FORM OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ·+1
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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About Multiple Sclerosis Agent - CD20 Specific Monoclonal Antibody.

The classification "Multiple Sclerosis Agent - CD20 Specific Monoclonal Antibody" is a compendial and formulary-standard drug class (such as within the First Databank Enhanced Therapeutic Classification System) encompassing disease-modifying therapies designed to treat multiple sclerosis.

These agents selectively bind to the CD20 cell-surface antigen expressed on pre-B and mature B lymphocytes, mediating targeted cell depletion via mechanisms including antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and complement-dependent cytotoxicity.

By reducing circulating B cells involved in autoimmune neuroinflammation, these therapies suppress relapses and slow disability accumulation in relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis and primary progressive multiple sclerosis.