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Darzalex
BY: Olive TseSep 17, 2021

Darzalex
(daratumumab) Janssen

 

Composition:
• Available in concentrate for solution for infusion in
100 mg/5 mL or 400 mg/20 mL

 

Indications:
• In combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone or with bortezomib, melphalan and prednisone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are ineligible for autologous stem cell transplant

• In combination with bortezomib, thalidomide and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are eligible for autologous stem cell transplant

• In combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, or bortezomib and dexamethasone, for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior therapy

• As monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma, whose prior therapy included a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent and who have demonstrated disease progression on the last therapy

 

Drug information including formulation, indication, administration and/or presentation updated, registered or launched in Hong Kong within one year prior to the date written is regarded as new in The Pace.

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