Brentuximab Vedotin

Brentuximab vedotin (INN; trade name Adcetris) is an antibody-drug conjugate medication used to treat relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a type of T cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It selectively targets tumor cells expressing the CD30 antigen, a defining marker of Hodgkin lymphoma and ALCL.[2] The drug is being jointly marketed by Millennium Pharmaceuticals outside the US and by Seattle Genetics in the US.[3&... [wikipedia]