KEVZARA® (SARILUMAB)

[Capprice]

Sorry if I've missed any updates on this new med. Can anyone advise or recommend?

KEVZARA® (SARILUMAB)

Thanks is advance

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[piglette]

It was discussed on this forum when it was approved by the FDA in the US in February this year. It is the first biological approved for PMR. The FDA approved it for “the treatment of adults with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) for whom glucocorticoids have proved inadequate or who cannot tolerate a glucocorticoid taper. “ It has been approved for rheumatoid in U.K. but not PMR. It can be prescribed by a consultant rheumatologist only at the moment. healthunlocked.com/pmrgcauk...

[PMRpro Ambassador]

It is an IL-6 inhibitor like tocilizumab/Actemra/RoActemra but works in a different way. There have been a couple of posts about its approval - one is linked in the Related Posts.

But don't hold your breath - the FDA approved it recently, in the UK NICE will take forever to even look at it and their approval procedure is a bit mills of god ...