Genentech (South SF) Submits Supplemental Biologics License Application for ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) for Prevention of Structural Joint Damage and Improvement of Physical Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Genentech (South SF) (RHHBY) Submits Supplemental Biologics License Application for ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) for Prevention of Structural Joint Damage and Improvement of Physical Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis
3/16/2010

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), today announced that the company submitted a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ACTEMRA® (tocilizumab) for the prevention of structural joint damage (as assessed by radiograph) and improvement in physical function in adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ACTEMRA was approved by the FDA on January 8, 2010 as the first interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-inhibiting monoclonal antibody to treat RA in adult patients after an inadequate response to at least one other medicine called a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonist.

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