Efficacy of Lenvervimab, a Recombinant Human Immunoglobulin, in Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Autor: Sang Hoon Ahn, Taegon Hong, Min Soo Park, Jun Yong Park, Hye Won Lee
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 18(13)
ISSN: 1542-7714
Popis: The mechanism of action of hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment is not fully understood. A clinical trial in Japan suggested that HBIG therapy might benefit patients with CHB.1 Lenvervimab, a recombinant monoclonal HBIG developed by GC Pharma (Yongin, South Korea), has been screened from an anti-HBs-enriched phage-display library cloned from hepatitis B vaccine-boosted human blood cells and was produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells.2-4.
Databáze: OpenAIRE