Canakinumab

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Canakinumab ?
Monoclonal antibody
Type Whole antibody
Source Human
Target IL-1β
Clinical data
Trade names Ilaris
AHFS/Drugs.com Consumer Drug Information
Licence data EMA:LinkUS FDA:link
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status -only (US)
Routes intravenous, subcutaneous
Identifiers
CAS number 914613-48-2 N
ATC code L04AC08
DrugBank DB06168
UNII 37CQ2C7X93 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1201834 N
Chemical data
Formula C6452H9958N1722O2010S42 
Mol. mass 145.2 kDa
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Canakinumab (INN, trade name Ilaris, previously ACZ885)[1] is a human monoclonal antibody targeted at interleukin-1 beta. It has no cross-reactivity with other members of the interleukin-1 family, including interleukin-1 alpha.[2]

Canakinumab was approved for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) by the US FDA on June 2009[3] and by the European Medicines Agency in October 2009.[4] CAPS is a spectrum of autoinflammatory syndromes including familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, Muckle–Wells syndrome, and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease.

Canakinumab was being developed by Novartis for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis but this trial has been discontinued.[5] Canakinumab is also in phase I clinical trials as a possible treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.[6]

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