Zevalin

Active Ingredient(s): Ibritumomab Tiuxetan
FDA Approved: * February 19, 2002
Pharm Company: * IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORP
Category: Cancer

* This drug may consist of multiple approval dates, manufacturers, or distributors. If applicable, they would be listed below under "NDC Database Records".

Zevalin Overview

Ibritumomab tiuxetan (pronounced /brtumomæb takstæn/[1]), sold under the trade name Zevalin, is a monoclonal antibody radioimmunotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The drug uses the monoclonal mouse IgG1 antibody ibritumomab in conjunction with the chelator tiuxetan, to which a radioactive isotope (either yttrium-90 or indium-111) is added. Tiuxetan is a modified version of DTPA whose carbon backbone contains an isothiocyanatobenzyl and a methyl group.&...

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NDC Database Records for Zevalin: (2 results)

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• 68152-103 Zevalin Kit by Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• 72893-007 ZevalinZevalin Kit by Acrotech Biopharma LLC

Other drugs which contain Ibritumomab Tiuxetan or a similar ingredient: (1 result)

• IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN

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